There is no game like the direct attack. Fancy strokes, while effective to watch, do not bring the results a fast driving game does.

I love the feel of hitting the ball hard, the pleasure of a rally. It is these things that make tennis the delightful game that it is.

Concerning the limits and limitations of the women's game - why should we believe there are any?

When I play, I become entirely absorbed in the game. It may be a form of concentration.

I can remember when, as a beginner, I was delighted with any ball as long as it would bounce.

The 1927 Wimbledon finals were almost put off because of the rain, which threatened every moment.

Spectators often express disfavor of fair decisions.

No player can become accustomed to New York's climate in August in a few days. The playing conditions, the courts in New York and France are very different.

If you see a tennis player who looks as if he is working hard, that means he isn't very good.

Unless a player goes in for intensive play and tournament competition, two racquets are sufficient.

There is nobody to wake up eternal seekers.

The best defense is to change and adapt without losing values and morals.

Usually, I'm only sad when something sad happens. I am not a melancholic person. I like to live very much in the present. If I was an animal, I'd be a little cat. They like to live life.

We are not at the center of ourselves, but instead - like the Earth in the Milky Way, and the Milky Way in the universe - far out on a distant edge, hearing little of what is transpiring.

Whatever is morally necessary must be made politically possible.

Words are only postage stamps delivering the object for you to unwrap

The industry's not stupid. The industry knows that if those foods are labeled "genetically engineered," the public will shy away and won't take them.

When I'm killed, don't think of me Buried there in Cambrin Wood, Nor as in Zion think of me With the Intolerable Good. And there's one thing that I know well, I'm damned if I'll be damned to Hell!

I'm going to speak my mind because I have nothing to lose.

They're all personal and self-created challenges that I think I've overcome within myself. Being confident enough to get on stage and play, things like that.