There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.

A lot of sports, over the years, become a game. If you are into tennis, it becomes part of your lifestyle.

Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.

You've got to win in sports -- that's talent -- but you've also got to learn how to remind everybody how you did win, and how often. That comes with experience.

I've never cared that much for cementing my place in history. Sports is so transitory, so ephemeral. It just seems like so much nonsense comparing me to Helen Wills Moody or Suzanne Lenglen or anybody else from some other time. One lesson you learn from sports is that life goes on without you.

I ran track for my school. I played football, but I didn't play for my high school; I played for a little league team.