"Champions take responsibility. When the ball is coming over the net, you can be sure I want the ball."
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"The trouble with being number one in the world - in anything- is that it takes a certain mentality to attain that position, and that is something of a driving, perfectionist attitude, so that once you do achieve number one, you don't relax and enjoy it."
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"Don't go into debt and don't spend a lot. It's not how much money you make, it's how much you spend."
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"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."
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"In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar."
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"A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time."
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"I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it."
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"Marriage isn't a 50-50 proposition very often. It's more like 100-0 one moment and 0-100 the next."
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"Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing."
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"I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side."
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"The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men."
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"The most important words that have helped me in life, when things have gone right or when things have gone wrong are 'accept responsibility.'"
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"It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are."
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"I always respect right off the bat because we are human, but then over time you learn who the person truly is, just like they learn about you. Hope it works out really well, and you hope that builds a stronger connection over time. You can't be friends with everybody."
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"People say, "Do you know how much a million dollars is?" I don't have a clue. How many Big Macs will it buy me?"
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"Champions take responsibility."
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"It's important to try to get people to think about women's wellness."
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"Tennis is a game of angles. You never have time to figure the angles. It's practiced. It's so practiced that it becomes an instinct. You just know where to put the ball. You just feel it. It has been computed into your brain so many times it is there."
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"I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour."
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"I grew up in team sports. I think I understand the psyche of America. I think when children sign up to play, it's got to be team."
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