If I didn't play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.

The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight.

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

I keep sailing on in this middle passage. I am sailing into the wind and the dark. But I am doing my best to keep my boat steady and my sails full.

Start where you are, use what you have.

You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.

I strongly believe the black culture spends too much time, energy and effort raising, praising, and teasing our black children about the dubious glories of professional sports.

A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide a reason. People simply like to have reasons for what they do.

It is the stupid and the ugly who have the best of it in this world

I think it's so cool to be tall. Even when I'm not wearing heels people tell me I'm tall and I always take it as a complement. The good thing is I can always see everybody in the room.

Worry is simply thinking the same thing over and over again and not doing anything about it.

As thrilling as it was, speechwriting is ultimately frustrating for someone who wants to be a writer.

I've told you before and I'll tell you again. The strong survive and the weak disappear. We do not intend to disappear.

Who wants to privatize Medicare.

The fact that I've managed to find a husband who understands and respects everything I do is astonishing.

One of the premises of parenting might be that the job of parents is to teach their kids to get along without them.

It's probably more fulfilling for me to be offering what I offer than it is for the people who receive it.