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

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

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.

I don't ever look back. I look forward.

Grace is a good gift of God.

If Music is a Place -- then Jazz is the City, Folk is the Wilderness, Rock is the Road, Classical is a Temple.

Don't put off for tomorrow what you should do today.

My chief consolation in this year of living dyingly has been the presence of friends.

Are you sulking?” “Me? No. I don’t sulk.” “You sound like you’re sulking.” “I’m just waiting for the violent urges to subside.

I work out all the time. Cardio, resistance and a lot of jogging. I love to go hiking. I'm going to invest this in myself, into my self-worth, into my self-esteem.

Though I did not know the place, I set out for the land of my dreams. Having arrived at the land of my dreams, I found I did not know the place

A burning desire is the greatest motivator of every human action.

The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee.

A woman tells her doctor, 'I've got a bad back.' The doctor says, 'It's old age.' The woman says, 'I want a second opinion.' The doctor says: 'Okay - you're ugly as well.'