Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
Tennis has given me soul.
Lady' is an opinion; 'woman' is a fact.
I'm not involved in tennis but committed.
I just try to concentrate on concentrating.
Just go out there and do what you've got to do.
I think the key is for women not to set any limits.
Goodbye 2010. If you were a fish, I'd throw you back.
The more people come out, the less it will be an issue.
Once you start believing in yourself, anything is possible.
I am not looking for perfection. I look for the best in me.
It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.
The better I get, the more I realize how much better I can get.
I hope, when I stop, people will think that somehow I mattered.
No matter where I go, I always make friends at the bridge table
For six years, I was really on my own and did not have a coach.
You can't live in the past, there's nothing you can do about it.
I've always been a rebel, always curious about the world around me.
I know propaganda when I see it, and I can speak with authority on it.
Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people.
The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.
I think retirement beats the heck out of life after death, that's for sure.
I'd have a whole lot more money if I lied, but I wouldn't enjoy spending it.
Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.
Some players when they become No. 1 they put too much pressure on themselves.
Playing tennis, I didn't tie in my self-worth into winning or losing matches.
I've given many lessons in many sports over the years to many different people.
I have always had this outrage at being told what to, how to act, whom to love.
I was political by coming out of the womb. I was gay, and I wanted to play tennis.
I was always controversial, being gay, so nothing was more controversial than that.
I would have drunk a lot of Pinot Grigio if I'd lost after leading 5-2 in the third.
Sure I know where the press room is - I just look for where they throw the dog meat.
I've been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their career.
Security used to be an inconvenience sometimes, but now it's a necessity all the time.
Losing still hurts, but that's good. When it stops hurting, that's when I stop playing.
To those people doubting Serena Williams, writing her off - do not do that to a champion.
Changes made to please others are unrealistic, but more important, they're unfair to you.
What I would tell girls coming up is just be yourself and don't let people get in the way.
I hit some great shots in my lifetime; now I hit a decent shot and I get a standing ovation.
Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.
I shouldn't say I'm looking forward to leading a normal life, because I don't know what normal is.
I'm an American. You can't go on where you were born. If you do then John McEnroe would be a German.
Gender is irrelevant. Certainly the tennis ball doesn't know what the gender was of the tennis coach.
The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.
People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.
When you make a lot of money, it just means you made a lot of money. It doesn't make you a better person.
The Czech tennis federation wasn't holding me back, but they could still pull the plug anytime they wanted.
All top players are the same strokewise, but mentally I can improve and that's where it's at for top players.
I've been active in animal rights and all kinds of environmental stuff and children's charities over the years.
Keeping a journal of what's going on in your life is a good way to help you distill what's important and what's not.
When one man becomes more important than the country he's supposed to be leading, this will always create a problem.