Someone once told me that God figured that I was a pretty good juggler. I could keep a lot of balls in the air at one time. So He said, "Let's see if….

Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis..

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

We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy..

I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some essential way, I am something of a loner..

I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do..

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 whateve….

Start where you are, use what you have..

My potential is more than can be expressed within the bounds of my race or ethnic identity..

There's no better stage than the U.S. Open for me.

When bright young minds can't afford college, America pays the price..

With what we give, we make a life..

Some folks call tennis a rich people's sport or a white person's game. I guess I started too early because I just thought it was something fun to do.….

It doesn't have to glitter to be gold..

This is my career highlight. Getting to the fourth round in the U.S. Open in my first year in the U.S. Open and first year on the tour..

I have always tried to be true to myself, to pick those battles I felt were important. My ultimate responsibility is to myself. I could never be anyt….

If I don't ask "Why me?" after my victories, I cannot ask "Why me?" after my setbacks and disasters..

Martina's like the old Green Bay Packers. You know exactly what she's going to do, but there isn't a thing you can do about it..

It's an abnormal world I live in. I don't belong anywhere. It's like I'm floating down the middle. I'm never quite sure where I am..

We blacks look for leadership in men and women of such youth and inexperience, as well as poverty of education and character, that it is no wonder th….

I take the good with the bad, and I try to face them both with as much calm and dignity as I can muster..