I love metaphors. I've never been on this train. ... If I'm standing on the middle of a track, I'm definitely going to get derailed. I have to make sure that I'm on the train and not in front of it.

We're in different categories. She [Venus Williams] does sports, I do more of the fashion side.

I was having an out-of-body experience, it was so hot. I felt I was watching someone play in a blue dress, and it wasn't me.

You can't play well if you don't look good.

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 always good to get a smaller tournament under your belt so that by the time you get to the Slams, you have a lot of experience.

My mom taught me how to sew when I was super young; I used to make clothes for my dolls. When I finally went to [fashion design] school [in 1999], I really took to pattern making. Everyone in class was good at something; I was the person, if you need help with your patterns, you come to me and I would help you out.