Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can.

There's one thing I'm really good at, and that's hitting the ball over a net, in a box. I'm excellent.

It's so great to have that opportunity with so many young American players coming up now. It's just so exciting. We have to root for the home country.

I think in life you should work on yourself until the day you die.

I really hope that I can be helpful in that journey because I do believe that women deserve the same pay. We work just as hard as men do. I've been working, playing tennis, since I was three years old. And to be paid less just because of my sex - it doesn't seem fair.

If I'm not playing well, I do get down on myself because I am a perfectionist. [So I need] someone who believes in me more than I believe in me, someone willing to work as hard as I work. I don't understand what no means or what failure means; I only understand what yes means and try again means.

I never close my mind to anything and eventually want to branch out. But for now, tennis is still number one for me.