Strangely enough, Kathy Jordan is getting to the net first, which she always does.

Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.

I was always a believer in stamping on my opponent if I got him down, at Wimbledon or anywhere else. I never wanted to give him the chance to get up.

I didn't aspire to be a good sport; "champion" was good enough for me.

While most students were trying to draw one beautiful finished piece, I would be in the background drawing dozens of studies at different angles to use later.

To its great credit, Wimbledon has been a leader in bringing about change and improvement in the sport.

McEnroe has got to sit down and work out where he stands.

I'm not paid to be a role model, parents should be role models.

Willpower isn’t just a skill. It’s a muscle, like the muscles in your arms or legs, and it gets tired as it works harder, so there’s less power left over for other things.

Sometimes, when a person gains a lot of success at a very young age, they become targets, and it's really easy to follow the crowds and not make independent decisions based on truly how you feel.

Here pity only lives when it is dead - Virgil

Most novels, if they are successful at all, are original in the sense that they report the existence of an area of society, a type of person, not yet admitted to the general literate consciousness.

Really it is very wholesome exercise, this trying to make one's words represent one's thoughts, instead of merely looking to their effect on others.

Face the simple fact before it comes involved. Solve the small problem before it becomes big.

I'm more interested in what I discover than what I invent.

We conducted talks on border issues with our friends in the People's Republic of China for 40 years. There were also issues related to specific territories.

I'm doing this because I want to do it better.