My sister and I are opposites in many ways. She is six feet tall, while I'm five feet four.

When I was 11, I won my first nationals at Savannah, defeating Kelly Henry in the finals.

My mom and dad met at UCLA when he as a captain in the Air Force and she was in her junior year.

We've gotta give Richard Williams a lot of credit - to give us two number one champions is a phenomenal feat.

My mind started wandering. I started playing carefully, instead of playing the way that had gotten me to that point. I had to force myself to keep driving the ball.

I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.

My brother Jeff is now my agent at Advantage International in Washington, D.C.

Pam has always been my glamorous big sister - 13 years older than I. She played on the women's circuit for nine years and came home to tell me stories of France, Japan.

I was too young to take it all in. I was too young to even realize I was young. I was just living my life.

Make sure your daughter's goal is her goal, not your goal.

By the time I was 9, I was frequently asked to play exhibitions at grand openings, fund-raisers for charities, and other special events.

Beautiful things were sometimes mixed up with treacherous things, they could even happen at the same time, or one could lead to the other, I thought.

You couldn't not notice the bruise on the side of her face. Or the hickey under her chin.

It seems like everything sleeps in winter, but it's really a time of renewal and reflection.

I am just a guy who plays drums.

It's really nice to have someone who's intelligent and articulate to talk to about what you're doing, because it's a big part of who we are.

You know, one day you're being briefed on world affairs and asked to make decisions, and the next, you're in Crawford, Texas ... and the biggest decision is when do you go mountain bike riding.

A woman filled with faith in the one she loves is the creation of a novelist's imagination.

The more people come out, the less it will be an issue. Of we are ashamed of ourselves, how the hell can we expect the rest of the world not to be ashamed of us?

People also smile when they are miserable.

California, the department store state.