Single-mindedness. I Hate To Say It Because

After Being At The Top, I Don't Think I Could Play Senior Tournaments, Because You Know How Good You Were. I Don't Know If I Would Enjoy That, Being Half Of What I Was.

A Champion Hates To Lose Even More Than She Loves To Win.

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.

When I Play, I'm Boiling Inside. I Just Try Not To Show It Because It's A Lack Of Composure, And If You Give In To Your Emotions After One Loss, You're Liable To Have Three Or Four In A Row.

Ninety Percent Of My Game Is Mental. It's My Concentration That Has Gotten Me This Far.