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…

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Losing hurts me. I was determined to be the best.

Losing hurts me. I was determined to be the best.

When I was younger, I was a robot. Wind her up and she plays tennis.

When I was younger, I was a robot. Wind her up and she plays tennis.

I'm not an overly ambitious person; I don't feel like I have to excel.

I'm not an overly ambitious person; I don't feel like I have to excel.

If there is a way to delay in important decision, the good bureaucracy, public or...

If there is a way to delay in important decision, the good bureaucracy, public or...

Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals,...

Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals,...

I always looked ahead.

I always looked ahead.

Every time, all the time, I'm a perfectionist. I feel I should never lose.

Every time, all the time, I'm a perfectionist. I feel I should never lose.

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence...

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence...

If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.

If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.

I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people. Tennis helped...

I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people. Tennis helped...

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment....

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment....

If I win seven tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a...

If I win seven tournaments in a row, I get so confident I'm in a...

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this...

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this...

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence...

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence...

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to...

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to...

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and...

Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble is like a broken tooth, and...

Getting out of bed in the morning is an act of false confidence

Getting out of bed in the morning is an act of false confidence

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he...

I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he...

I've always had confidence, but I never let my ego get to the point that...

I've always had confidence, but I never let my ego get to the point that...

You're a crayon, I'm a highlighter. You may color the world, but I make it...

You're a crayon, I'm a highlighter. You may color the world, but I make it...