I would just never out anybody. I think everyone has to find it in their own way and their own time.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

I have often been asked whether I am a women or an athlete. The question is absurd. Men are not asked that. I am an athlete. I am a women.

Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.

Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis.

Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.

The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.

Reputation is what others think about you. What's far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.

Humanity is a comic role.

Their memory was something tangible and heavy, and I would carry it with me.

A player who makes a team great is better than a great player.

Stand-up comedy is the most relaxing thing I do. If I want to unwind and de-stress, I go out and do stand-up, often several shows in a night.

Since the day man first tried to conquer space, the earth has been mobilizing.

The piano is like an orchestra - I'm very fortunate that I chose it as my instrument.

I'm obviously not orthodox, I don't know how many real poets have ever been orthodox.

If you pray for things, I am proof that they can happen. I want to repay the manager's faith in bringing me back. (on re-signing for Liverpool)

I love Twinkies, and the reason I am saying that is because we are all supposed to think of reasons to live.

Everyone has a warped vision of Hollywood and what success in Hollywood is like.