To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis..

Pam has always been my glamorous big sister - 13 years older than I. She played on the women's circuit for nine years and came home to tell me storie….

In Toronto, Serena Williams was not fit at all, not striking the ball well at all, and went three sets with someone (ranked) 92 in the world..

By the time I was 9, I was frequently asked to play exhibitions at grand openings, fund-raisers for charities, and other special events..

When I was 11, I won my first nationals at Savannah, defeating Kelly Henry in the finals..

I won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 1980..

Make sure your daughter's goal is her goal, not your goal..

From one match to the next, I kept on winning..

Winning that first game was so important; my mother always said that the first game of the second set was the chance to keep it going if you were ahe….

I didn't want to just rally at the baseline, even though that happened a lot..

Mary Joe Fernandez rarely has a bad loss. She never tries for stupid shots..

I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships..

My brother Jeff is now my agent at Advantage International in Washington, D.C..

We've gotta give Richard Williams a lot of credit - to give us two number one champions is a phenomenal feat..

My sister and I are opposites in many ways. She is six feet tall, while I'm five feet four..

I was too young to take it all in. I was too young to even realize I was young. I was just living my life..

I started tennis around age 2..

I was planning to remain an amateur for a while..

The prize money for first place was $2,800, but I didn't take it because I was still an amateur..

My mom and dad met at UCLA when he as a captain in the Air Force and she was in her junior year..

My mind started wandering. I started playing carefully, instead of playing the way that had gotten me to that point. I had to force myself to keep dr….