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

I shouldn't say I'm looking forward to leading a normal life, because I don't know what normal is. This has been normal for me.

In Czechoslovakia there is no such thing as freedom of the press. In the United States there is no such thing as freedom from the press.

Once you start believing in yourself, anything is possible.

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

Tennis has given me soul.

If it feels right in your gut, this is who you are, this is what you do, this is what you feel, then don't hide that. You just stick to it and the world will catch up.