I never left my roots. You can identify me as someone that didn't become high and mighty. Humility is a defining [trait] all of us can forever learn, and I try to be as humble as anyone can be.

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.

A politician is someone who knows everything about running a campaign and nothing about running a country.

Real happiness and peace is attained only if one comes into one’s true Self.

If you're going to lead people, you've got to have somewhere to go.

Everything was brighter and more colorful in those years, as if my childhood was ending in an explosion of unreal passion that made my life feel sacred and holy.

Allowing children to show their guilt, show their grief, show their anger, takes the sting out of the situation.

...and deliver me from evil." "Amen.

We live in an imbalanced society when it comes to encouraging male sexuality and discouraging female sexuality.

When I'm working, I get super lazy and I just do something that I'm familiar with.

I think dieting is bad for you.

A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.