I've never felt invincible. I've never used that word to describe me ever.

Sure, I've been on the Tube...I caught it to Eastbourne once.

Tennis is my job, but it's not my life.

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.

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.

Venus [Williams] has an amazing line; I love her collection. I'm always at her office. She has an interior design company and her EleVen company. They have a wonderful office space and I'm always there for the interior part and get to see what she's doing with EleVen.

I was just tired of losing... Life was passing me by.