Before I was the hunter. Now I'm the hunted.

I'm glad you're doing this story on us and not on the WNBA. We're so much prettier than all the other women in sports.

I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me.

I think the whole boycott thing was a bit too much. It's because we're accomplished so much in women's tennis in the last two, three years. We deserve something better.

What rivalry? I win all the matches.

I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.

A lot of these young girls, they dont even know what the game is about. They have never seen a drop shot, a slice and all the mixture and variety I have.

The older you get, the more you learn.

I'm not saying I'm something special. I might play a little better tennis than other people, but it is because I was given the chance, and not many people are.

I've been on top longer and I am younger. I'm just better.

I feel a quarter Indian.

It takes lot of practice to get it right.

I hate pulling out... I mean, I'm really bad at the whole parking thing....

On Perseverance – Persistence is admirable. Stubbornness is stupid. Just remember: the latter two even begin with the same three letters.

I can't tell one from the other:I find you or you find me?There was a time before we were born If someone asks, this is where I'll be.

There was something, which was the turning point: I felt very strongly that women were sexualized, and perceived like they are sexual in every move, and it started off really early.

It is through the intentionality of poetic imagination that the poet's soul discovers the opening of consciousness common to all true poetry.

I think, to a great degree, we humans still divide ourselves into two species, even though we are monotypic. There are males and females. We see them as different and not equal.

Listen to what people say about themselves; they will tell you everything you need to know.

It also seems beyond controversy that moral responsibilities are greater to the extent that people "have the resources, the training, the facilities and opportunities to speak and act effectively."

The hardest work in the world is being out of work.