I did not grow up with people, you know, pounding in my head, 'This is what you've got to do, this is what you're going to do.

Nobody wants to go through divorce, especially when there's young children involved.

I'm proud of myself. I'm a relieved, happy girl.

I don't think I should be underestimated.

You work your whole life to try to be the best you can, even if it's for only one day or one week.

I couldn't imagine being from a country where all the pressure is on a particular player.

We get criticized for showing no personality, and then we get penalized when we do.

I think I'm pretty down to earth.

I did everything I could except win. I feel fine. I just played bad at a big time.

[On a strained relationship between a tennis champion and her mother:] There comes a time when it's probably not cool for your mom to be your best friend.

I donate lots to charity. I don't necessarily tell everybody the number or what I do.

When red-headed people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.

I can bow to fear and flee the pursuit of great things. I can bow to God and engage in the pursuit of making things great.

It always surprised him when he thought of it later that he did not sink under the load of despair.

My typical day is I wake up and appreciate that I can still wake up.

Our ideas need to become part of everyday discussion.

I don't find acting and directing schizophrenic, in any way. I find it completely easy to move between the two.

Making a movie is trying to capture moments of true reality.

Sometimes I'll start a sentence and I don't know where it's going. I just hope to find it somewhere along the way. Like an improv conversation. An improversation.

No manager ever won no ballgames.