You Have Got To Want To Be

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.

The Most Important Words That Have Helped Me In Life, When Things Have Gone Right Or When Things Have Gone Wrong Are 'accept Responsibility.'

I Got To See The Best Players In The World Every Year The Week After The U.s. Nationals, Which Is Now Known As The Us Open, In Los Angeles. That Made A Huge Difference In My Life.

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 Was Always In The Tennis Business-from 1968. I Was In Tournaments And Also On World Team Tennis Teams As Well.