natural birth is full of magnificent, life-changing wisdom.
If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.
You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.
If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.
Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far.
Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can.
You can't give up! If you give up, you're like everybody else.
Listen. I may not be much, but I'm all I've got. Maybe you need a magnifying glass to find my face in my high school graduation photo. Maybe I haven't got any family or friends. Yes, yes, I know all that. But, strange as it might seem, I'm not entirely dissatisfied with life. . . I feel pretty much at home with what I am. I don't want to go anywhere. I don't want any unicorns behind fences.
I never paid attention to Michael Jackson, but when he died, it was like an explosion in some strange way. This intensity was released, something really powerful. But how can I say that? I also like to keep a hidden force behind my work.
Growing up, I played about every sport imaginable except soccer and hockey. I've always had a passion for basketball. I remember actually playing basketball when I was two or three years old. The time I knew that I could really take my game to the next level.
Anything may happen when womanhood has ceased to be a protected occupation.