It's easy to stand back, but to move forward and take a chance, that takes a little more guts, a little more courage.

We don't talk about tennis. I figure she knows what she's doing. I mean, what am I going to tell her?

I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.

All those lessons that I've learned on the court, I have applied them to my life outside of the court in business, my company, called V Starr interiors, an interior design company, and EleVen, which I wear on court.

I'm not a trend person. I don't want to look to my right and see somebody in the same thing.

Definitely sport matures you, if you let it. It definitely makes you grow up because you have to work so hard that if you can't, then you probably aren't going to have the mental capacity to handle it all. That probably played a role in growing up a little faster than maybe other people.

I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it.