I've been kicked in the teeth more times in tennis than the law ought to allow.

I was raised by two women, and that laid the groundwork for the way I treat 'em: with the utmost respect and admiration.

People don't seem to understand that it's a damn war out there. Maybe my methods aren't socially acceptable to some, but it's what I have to do to survive. I don't go out there to love my enemy. I go out there to squash him.

There was never anything I wanted to do more than play tennis. Never once walked out there and thought, 'I wish I was doing something else.' Not once.

I hate to lose more than I like to win. I hate to see the happiness on their faces when they beat me!

I never lost a tennis match, I just ran out of time

Tennis was always there for me, which was lucky. I would go play baseball, basketball, football, hang with my brother, do whatever, and at the end of the day I'd come back and say, 'Hey, Mom, would you hit 15 minutes worth of balls with me?'