“Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.”

“A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.”

“That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.”

“Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.”

“I like entrepreneurial people I like people who take risks.”

“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!”

“I wanted to use sports for social change.”

“Sports are a microcosm of society.”

“Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.”

“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.”

“In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports.”