Tracy Austin Quotes

When I was 11, I won my first nationals at Savannah, defeating Kelly Henry in the finals.

My mom and dad met at UCLA when he as a captain in the Air Force and she was in her junior year.

We've gotta give Richard Williams a lot of credit - to give us two number one champions is a phenomenal feat.

My sister and I are opposites in many ways. She is six feet tall, while I'm five feet four.

Pam has always been my glamorous big sister - 13 years older than I. She played on the women's circuit for nine years and came home to tell me stories of France, Japan.

My brother Jeff is now my agent at Advantage International in Washington, D.C.

My mind started wandering. I started playing carefully, instead of playing the way that had gotten me to that point. I had to force myself to keep driving the ball.

I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.

In Toronto, Serena Williams was not fit at all, not striking the ball well at all, and went three sets with someone (ranked) 92 in the world.

I started tennis around age 2.

Mary Joe Fernandez rarely has a bad loss. She never tries for stupid shots.

I was planning to remain an amateur for a while.

I won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 1980.

From one match to the next, I kept on winning.

I didn't want to just rally at the baseline, even though that happened a lot.

To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis.

Winning that first game was so important; my mother always said that the first game of the second set was the chance to keep it going if you were ahead or change things if you were behind.

The prize money for first place was $2,800, but I didn't take it because I was still an amateur.

By the time I was 9, I was frequently asked to play exhibitions at grand openings, fund-raisers for charities, and other special events.

Make sure your daughter's goal is her goal, not your goal.

I was too young to take it all in. I was too young to even realize I was young. I was just living my life.