My First U.s. Open I Think Was

Relationships Are Give-and-take, And When You're A Tennis Player, You're Certainly Not Giving. You Have To Be Self-absorbed. It Has To Be About You.

Of All My Achievements In Tennis, I'm Probably As Proud Of My Record On Clay Courts As Any Of My Wimbledon, U.s. Open Or French Singles Titles.

Training The Body To Obey The Mind As I Have Done Differs From The More Conventional Method Of Getting The Mind To Obey The Body.

When I Was In Grade School And We Had To Write Papers About What We Wanted To Be When We Grew Up, I Wanted To Be A Social Worker Or A Missionary Or A Teacher... Then I Got Involved With Tennis, And Everything Was Just Me, Me, Me. I Was Totally Selfish And Thought About Myself And Nobody Else, Because If You Let Up For One Minute, Someone Was Going To Come Along And Beat You. I Really Wouldn't Let Anyone Or Any Slice Of Happiness Enter... I Didn't Like The Characteristics That It Took To Become A Champion.

The Difference Is Almost All Mental. The Top Players Just Hate To Lose. I Think That's The Difference. A Champion Hates To Lose Even More Than She Loves To Win.