Nobody wants to go through divorce, especially when there's young children involved.

I'm proud of myself. I'm a relieved, happy girl.

I don't think I should be underestimated.

You work your whole life to try to be the best you can, even if it's for only one day or one week.

I couldn't imagine being from a country where all the pressure is on a particular player.

I did not grow up with people, you know, pounding in my head, 'This is what you've got to do, this is what you're going to do.

We get criticized for showing no personality, and then we get penalized when we do.

I think I'm pretty down to earth.

I did everything I could except win. I feel fine. I just played bad at a big time.

[On a strained relationship between a tennis champion and her mother:] There comes a time when it's probably not cool for your mom to be your best friend.

I donate lots to charity. I don't necessarily tell everybody the number or what I do.

You have immense strength for every good work.

Taste cannot be controlled by law.

You don't have a conservation policy unless you have a population policy.

The shortest distance between two points is your mind. It's not a straight line.

The eleventh commandment: Thou shalt be tolerant of all paths that lead to God.

Podcasting might be thought of as a form of academic gift

I had done this. I had pulled my life apart. I would never, ever be safe again.

Tell Yao Ming, 'Ching-chong-yang-wah-ah-soh.'

But once in a great while he remembered that he had felt pain, a terrible ache in his heart, and he swore he would never let himself feel love for a human again.

Thus we play the fool with the time and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.