Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.

Losing still hurts, but that's good. When it stops hurting, that's when I stop playing.

Changes made to please others are unrealistic, but more important, they're unfair to you.

What matters isn't how well you play when you're playing well. What matters is how well you play when you're playing badly.

I've been talking to Martina [Hingis] about playing for a couple of years. Maybe I can convince her to play some doubles.

The whole idea of image is so confused. On the one hand, Madison Avenue is worried about the image of the players in a tennis tour. On the other hand, sports events are often sponsored by the makers of junk food, beer, and cigarettes. What's the message when an athlete who works at keeping her body fit is sponsored by a sugar-filled snack that does more harm than good?

Just put one foot in front of the other and don't worry about the length of the path. Once you get on that path, and the longer you stay on it, there eventually will come a time when you will not turn back.