You want people to feel like they belong to something. And not be elitist. You don't want us to be elitist.

Champions keep playing until they get it right.

I have often been asked whether I am a women or an athlete. The question is absurd. Men are not asked that. I am an athlete. I am a women.

Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.

Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life.

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis.

Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.

The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.

Reputation is what others think about you. What's far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.

I thought it was love. No, it wasn't. It was marriage

Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.

Eating is an environmental act.

If you want to feel good, be rational.

I had the feeling of being crushed under a rock till I could see only one crack of light, and that was the love of God.

Starting to paint, I felt gloriously free, quiet, and alone.

When two drivers curse each other on the road, and one of them happens to be a Jew, you can't define that as anti-Semitism.

When we change our daily lives - the way we think, speak and act - we change the world.

You learn from everybody. You learn from the players. You learn from great coaches. You learn from great teams

I want to reach as many women throughout the world as I can.