I need to be at my peak and my best is holding up the trophy. Anything less I wouldn't be really excited about. So that's all I can focus on.

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.

You can't be sad when Daisy is around, she won't let you.

Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants

It's fun to be at the edges, and tough to be squeezed in between.

It is better to light one small candle of gratitude than to curse the darkness.

If women could sleep their way to the top, there'd be a lot more women at the top.

It's a lot of fun to play someone you don't normally think of yourself as.

In the islands of the Aegean Sea, every island is full of graves.

In stand up, you get an awareness of how you come across, but in acting there is almost a hyper-awareness on how you might be physically perceived.

Having a good constitution is far more important than having an immediate constitution.

You aim for the palace and get drowned in the sewer.