If you go to Australia, the Australian Open is on all day long on network TV. There's no way CBS, NBC and ABC would do that. They only show the finals. That's always been the case. They don't want to give the time to the biggest tournament we have in the United States. Any other country, it's everywhere -- front page of the main paper, front page of the sports section. We haven't had that here.

I wasn't a perfect thing at 17. I didn't have confidence. I was hunched over and real embarrassed, and I didn't want to be in the limelight. But it changed over time.

I come from a family of working women, my mum went to work two weeks after I was born - my parents had no money, there was no choice.

I did everything I could except win. I feel fine. I just played bad at a big time.

I've played too many tennis hours.

[On a strained relationship between a tennis champion and her mother:] There comes a time when it's probably not cool for your mom to be your best friend.

In the history of women's tennis the great players have come back from long absences with no problems.