Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.

I really think a champion is defined not by their wins but by how they can recover when they fall

The success of every woman should be the inspiration to another. We should raise each other up. Make sure you're very courageous: be strong, be extremely kind, and above all be humble.

I am lucky that whatever fear I have inside me, my desire to win is always stronger.

Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.

We're sisters, we're roommates, we're all that.

I don't like to lose-at anything... Yet I've grown most not from victories, but setbacks. If winning is God's reward, then losing is how he teaches us.

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

I always believe I can beat the best, achieve the best. I always see myself in the top position.

Think of all the girls who could become top athletes but quit sports because they're afraid of having too many defined muscles and being made fun of or called unattractive.

I think in life you should work on yourself until the day you die.

What do dreams matter if you lose yourself along the way?

Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a standstill.

Who can see twenty-five years into the future?” she had asked. “Your guess is as good as theirs. Confidence is everything.

The truth, however ugly in itself, is always curious and beautiful to seekers after it.

The government doesn't want you to use YOUR drugs, they want you to use THEIR drugs.

And I must bear What is ordained with patience, being aware Necessity doth front the universe With an invincible gesture.

Our most natural feelings are those we are loath to confess, and fatuity is among them.

My philosophy is: If you can't have fun, there's no sense in doing it.

There are rules for hiding in plain sight. The first rule, or at least the one that Sandor repeats most often, is “Don’t be stupid.” I’m about to break that rule by taking off my pants.

I have no anonymity.I've not had a drink in nine and a half years. That's my whole story right there.