I am a person who sticks to her word.

You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that's fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others.

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

I never look back, I look forward.

As long as I can focus on enjoying what I'm doing, having fun, I know I'll play well.

You can't measure success if you have never failed.

Age, what is it? It's not a figure that has ever meant anything to me.

I have always been guided by striving to show the best that I could. That is what kept me going in tennis and it is the same now.

There is no relief at it being over. There is the joy of winning it.

My big dream was to work as a photographer for 'National Geographic.'

It doesn't hurt to lose my crown, it hurts to lose.

Losing your job releases you to think effectively and make rational decisions

Courage comes from knowing that fear is a false perception.

The fresh and crisp air of the country reminds us that our blood surges from of the natural world and how tied we are to the sprung rhythms of earth and sky, weather and season.

I am profoundly in the D's - discouraged, depressed, disheartened, disgusted.

People who don't take care of their drums really annoy me.

Basically, though, I'm just lucky to love what I do for a living.

We do not marry for ourselves, whatever we say; we marry just as much or more for our posterity, for our family. The practice and benefit of marriage concerns our race very far beyond us.

Bear in mind that you commit a crime by injuring even a wicked brother.

Happiness is where you start from rather than where you go. God, I sound like Yoda.

If you jump, you best jump far.