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.
If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.
I realized that with hard work, the world was your oyster. You could do anything you wanted to do. I learned that at a young age.
I love hiking in the mountains in Aspen. Breathing the clean, fresh air is great. Plus, it gives me a cardiovascular workout and firms my legs.
Not every child is cut out for an individual sport.
To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost.
I'm not getting within 20 feet of a married man ever again - not even talking to one!
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.
I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people.
Relationships are give-and-take, and when you're a tennis player, you're certainly not giving. You have to be self-absorbed. It has to be about you.
When you're a famous, successful person at 16 years old, the rules change for you. Everybody is doing things for you to make life easier so you can go out and play. And I think you miss out on lot of growing up and a lot of reality checks.
I think team sports probably teach you more about giving - about being unselfish and being flexible.
Even though there are a lot of bright tennis players out there, you still have to protect yourself and save all your mental and emotional energies for tennis.
