I Was Very, Very Shy As A

If You Can React The Same Way To Winning And Losing, That's A Big Accomplishment. That Quality Is Important Because It Stays With You The Rest Of Your Life, And There's Going To Be A Life After Tennis That's A Lot Longer Than Your Tennis Life.

In Tennis, At The End Of The Day You're A Winner Or A Loser. You Know Exactly Where You Stand... I Don't Need That Anymore. I Don't Need My Happiness, My Well-being, To Be Based On Winning And Losing.

You Can't Give Up! If You Give Up, You're Like Everybody Else.

The Great High Of Winning Wimbledon Lasts For About A Week. You Go Down In The Record Book, But You Don't Have Anything Tangible To Hold On To. But Having A Baby -- There Isn't Any Comparison.

I Was Very, Very Shy As A Younger Girl, Just Petrified Of People. Tennis Helped Give Me An Identity And Made Me Feel Like Somebody.