Concentration is born on the practice court... you must mentally treat your practice sessions as matches, concentrating on every ball you hit.

Lady' is an opinion; 'woman' is a fact.

The only people that really have a chance against Serena [Williams] are people that are strong, that can handle her power that move well, and that's a difficult combination.

On Chris Evert: Before I even met her, she stood for everything I admired in this country: poise, ability, sportsmanship, money, style.

The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.

Being blunt with your feelings is very American. In this big country, I can be as brash as New York, as hedonistic as Los Angeles, as sensuous as San Francisco, as brainy as Boston, as proper as Philadelphia, as brawny as Chicago, as warm as Palm Springs, as friendly as my adopted home town of Dallas, Fort Worth, and as peaceful as the inland waterway that rubs up against my former home in Virginia Beach.

Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.