I don't have anything to prove ever, ever in my life. If I have something to prove, what does that mean for everyone else? And I think everyone should have that attitude.

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.

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

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.

The only book Knight didn't steal was the one he most often saw. 'I had no need for a Bible, ' he said.

When you get clear on your own boundaries, you will find it easy to decide what you are willing to accept in your career.

Perpetual possibilities exist to win the game of life.

Joy can only be real if people look upon their life as a service and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness.

I still have a lot of passion for music, but I would quit it tomorrow if that's what my family needed me to do. I'm sure I'd miss it, but it's a job.

In ancient times the greatest of the prophets were great musicians.

The soul would have no rainbow had the eyes no tears.

If it was easy, everyone would be doing it. That's why they call it artWORK!

The 11th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore God. The 12th Commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore Thyself.

My honors are misunderstanding, pesecution and neglect, enhanced because unsought.