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

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.

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'm not givin' in an inch to fear.

What a desperate, pathetic fool I was. Time after time, my "friends" had shown me their true colors. Yet, I still wanted to believe they were sorry for causing me pain. p. 128

To live outside the law, you must be honest.

I watch schlock telly. Like the 'Kardashians.' I love it. It's my guilty pleasure.

Statistics in the hands of activists have power.

Innovations seem inevitable in retrospect, but at the time it's an uphill battle.

Lord, confound this surly sister, blight her brow with blotch and blister, cramp her larynx, lung and liver, in her guts a galling give her.

In my quiet, I was working something out.

High school is closer to the core of the American experience than anything else I can think of.

That which lives on reason lives against the spirit.