I donate lots to charity. I don't necessarily tell everybody the number or what I do.

Nobody wants to go through divorce, especially when there's young children involved.

I'm proud of myself. I'm a relieved, happy girl.

I don't think I should be underestimated.

You work your whole life to try to be the best you can, even if it's for only one day or one week.

I couldn't imagine being from a country where all the pressure is on a particular player.

I did not grow up with people, you know, pounding in my head, 'This is what you've got to do, this is what you're going to do.

We get criticized for showing no personality, and then we get penalized when we do.

I think I'm pretty down to earth.

I did everything I could except win. I feel fine. I just played bad at a big time.

[On a strained relationship between a tennis champion and her mother:] There comes a time when it's probably not cool for your mom to be your best friend.

There’s nothing wrong with you at all. Sometimes people say or do things that are mean because there's something the matter with them. With Lydia, it seems there’s always something wrong with her.

When it was all overthe centuries startedto roll by and history was writtenby thosewith no storiesmisery turned into myth and figures of speech played catalyst to happiness

Respect the past in the full measure of its deserts but do not make the mistake of confusing it with the present nor seek in it the ideals of the future.

It was a very cool thing to be a smart girl, as opposed to some other, different kind. And I think that made a great deal of difference to me growing up and in my life afterward.

If people don't like me, I become very plain.

I don't think I solve problems in my poetry; I think I uncover the problems.

Sometimes I feel that I am a natural born genius in a field of human endeavor that hasn't been invented yet

An agreement cannot be the result of an imposition.

I don't picture myself as a normal person when I play football, and I don't think anyone else pictures me that way as well.

The urge is to create. The outcome belongs to God.