Don’t let a first-set victory lead into a second-set slump

To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost.

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.

My first U.S. Open I think was just very special for me because that was sort of the beginning of what was a 'Cinderella' story for me.

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.

If you're a champion, you have to have it in your heart.

Find something that you're really interested in doing in your life. Pursue it, set goals, and commit yourself to excellence. Do the best you can.

You can't give up! If you give up, you're like everybody else.

Competitive toughness is an acquired skill and not an inherited gift.

Whatever your goal in life, be proud of every day that you are able to work in that direction.

The difference is almost all mental. The top players just hate to lose. I think that's the difference. A champion hates to lose even more than she loves to win.

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God designed life to be enjoyed by all, but human being turned things around and made it to be endured.

Fiction described reality better than non-fiction.

This is wrong. Out of this world wrong.But then again, so am I.

A strong man tied to a weak man… When there is trouble, the strong man's strength counts for nothing.

I don't think I'd call [mood] a major force, but it is important as far as hitting the right notes or nuances with a character or scene.

Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.

He gives before he is asked.

Fate is never too generous even to its favorites. Rarely do the gods grant a mortal more than one immortal deed.

O King, believe not this hard-hearted man!