It came so soon and so fast. It's just overwhelming. Every time I think about it, I just can't believe it.

When I got to match point in the final I was afraid I'd be a little nervous, but I just said, You have to stay focused, just think about what you have to do.

I have an office in Argentina, I go there every day, so I work.

I didn't know what was going through my mind.

Tennis has had a very positive impact on my life.

Perfect harmony of body and mind are my key to personal balance and happiness.

I was a very shy and introverted person, and it was hard for me to talk to people and make relationships.

The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing.

I played Mary Joe Fernandez in the semifinals. She was winning the first set. Second set was very close. I started to play this aggressive game. I think I surprised them.

There were so much affairs of me created by the media... of course I was not always a true single. I had some relations, once also to a famous pop star.

I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence.

There is something to be said for rain, the sharing of an intimate caress with the leaves, blades of grass and all the living and the dead creatures to remind us we are connected.~Lyn Crain

In fact, when I finally shuffle off this mortalcoil, you will have to pry a book out of my cold, dead hands.

You can live without many wants.

And then, gradually, the memory of her would fade away, I had forgotten the girl of my dream.

Where God gives opportunity for preaching it is more than likely that he has some people to convert. Usually the Word of God takes root among some, though often in but a few.

at night i loved her at night i waited under the tarp at night i watched her looking up at the stars dreaming of a better time to watch me

I'm not gonna be broke, like my mom was broke, my uncles were broke, my sisters didn't have money, my cousins on down.

But you, you foolish girl, you have gone home to a leaky castle across the sea to lie awake in linen smelling of lavender, and hear the nightingale, and long for me.

There's a road to hell that is paved with good intentions but it's a long route. The quicker path is paved with the kind of ignorance that clever men who just don't want to know are best at.

I paid too much for it, but it's worth it.