Training The Body To Obey The Mind

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.

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.

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

Of All My Achievements In Tennis, I'm Probably As Proud Of My Record On Clay Courts As Any Of My Wimbledon, U.s. Open Or French Singles Titles.

I Still Have This Image: I Can't Be Controversial, I Can't Say Things.