Cats are peaceful and tranquil - they bring calmness with their serene personalities.

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.

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

My first U.S. Open I think was just very special for me because that was sort of the beginning of what was a 'Cinderella' story for me.

When I play, I'm boiling inside. I just try not to show it because it's a lack of composure, and if you give in to your emotions after one loss, you're liable to have three or four in a row.

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

Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can.

You can't give up! If you give up, you're like everybody else.

Competitive toughness is an acquired skill and not an inherited gift.

Whatever your goal in life, be proud of every day that you are able to work in that direction.

The difference is almost all mental. The top players just hate to lose. I think that's the difference. A champion hates to lose even more than she loves to win.

The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.

Intellectual talent will give us the upper-hand in the game of life. Fortunately, we all can develop it

If fathers aren't growing up, I would challenge them to want to be a father that is present in the home, so that their kids have that identity.

The matters most debated in a deliberative body tend to be the minor ones where everybody understands the issues.

Now I am nothing but a veil; all my body is a veil beneath which a child sleeps.

If you emphasize one part of the song, it trivializes the rest of the music.

I realized I need a certain kind of chemistry and a certain kind of look to be into someone, and like 1 percent of the population has it.

And I’m not confused about the lack of, or the need for, imagination in low or high places. We could do better we must do better. There are far worse things to drop on people than crayolas.

For dhrames always go by conthraries, my dear.