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"We have, or have had women presidents or prime ministers in Liberia, Chile, Germany, Great Britain...and yet the US of A still hasn't had a women president. It's just beyond my thinking. Look at Congress."
"I always liked co-ed events best so we have two men and two women on each team."
"Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That's one of the reasons I beat him - because I respected him."
"Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place."
"Sports are a microcosm of society. It just shows how much more competition there is in the world."
"Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis]."
"You want people to feel like they belong to something. And not be elitist. You don't want us to be elitist."
"The main thing is not a matter of wanting to win; the main thing is being scared to lose."
"When I was outed, it was like, That's done."
"I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport."
"I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me."
"Trust and respect is something you earn, not something that is given."
"I like to see what future generations are thinking about."
"I hate being called a homosexual because I don't feel that way. It really upsets me ... Being gay can happen in any walk of life, in any world. If you have one gay experience, does that mean you're gay? If you have one heterosexual experience, does that mean you're straight? Life doesn't work quite so cut and dried."
"As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don't know if we have it."
"When we reach the point where the women athletes are getting their pick of dates just as easily as the men athletes, then we've really and truly arrived. Parity at last!"
"Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul."
"I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it."
"I think it's really important to have portion control. I don't believe in losing weight quickly."
"When I was playing, we didn't have to compete against everybody in the world. Now it's a truly global sport, so the competition's much greater, just like it is for our children in every other area, whether it be in science or technology or whatever you talk about."