You know how the bonds of family are, my lady. . . They cling as tightly as vines. And sometimes, like vines, they cling tightly enough to kill.
To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.
Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do. . . but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.
I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.
My motto is: I'm alive, so that means I can do anything.
Just believe in yourself. Even if you don't, pretend that you do and, at some point, you will.
If I cared deeply about what people thought of me, I probably would have never made it out of Compton, California.
Speculation and the exploration of ideas beyond what we know with certainty are what lead to progress.
I was a misfit, but I think most teenagers feel that way. I don't care if you were a popular jock or the kid who spent his lunch hours in a stairwell reading a book, we all seem to have dealt with insecurities of one kind or another throughout our high school years.
We've persevered because of a belief we share with the Iraqi people - a belief that out of the ashes of war, a new beginning could be born in this cradle of civilization. Through this remarkable chapter in the history of the United States and Iraq, we have met our responsibility. Now, it's time to turn the page.
Accidents, and particularly street and highway accidents, do not happen - they are caused.