If You're A Champion, You Have To

Once You've Been Number One, You Can Never Be Satisfied With Less.

When I Was In Grade School And We Had To Write Papers About What We Wanted To Be When We Grew Up, I Wanted To Be A Social Worker Or A Missionary Or A Teacher... Then I Got Involved With Tennis, And Everything Was Just Me, Me, Me. I Was Totally Selfish And Thought About Myself And Nobody Else, Because If You Let Up For One Minute, Someone Was Going To Come Along And Beat You. I Really Wouldn't Let Anyone Or Any Slice Of Happiness Enter... I Didn't Like The Characteristics That It Took To Become A Champion.

You Can't Give Up! If You Give Up, You're Like Everybody Else.

After Being At The Top, I Don't Think I Could Play Senior Tournaments, Because You Know How Good You Were. I Don't Know If I Would Enjoy That, Being Half Of What I Was.

I Was Very, Very Shy As A Younger Girl, Just Petrified Of People. Tennis Helped Give Me An Identity And Made Me Feel Like Somebody.