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    A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

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    A girl didn't get an athletic scholarship until the fall of 1972 for the very first time.

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    Any therapist will tell you that when you're ready, you will come out. To be outed means you weren't ready.

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    As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don't know if we have it.

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    Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.

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    At 62 you want to keep moving; that's important.

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    Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.

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    Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.

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    Champions adjust and pressure is a privilege.

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    Champions take responsibility. When the ball is coming over the net, you can be sure I want the ball.

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    Create your legacy, and pass the baton.

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    Don't be afraid to hit the ball.

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    Don't worry about what people say.

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    Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.

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    Every generation I think gets better usually [in tennis].

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    Everyone has people in their lives that are gay, lesbian or transgender or bisexual. They may not want to admit it, but I guarantee they know somebody.

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    Female athletes are stereotyped by the general population--and usually as homosexuals.

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    For me, losing a tennis match isn't failure, it's research.

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    I always respect right off the bat because we are human, but then over time you learn who the person truly is, just like they learn about you. Hope it works out really well, and you hope that builds a stronger connection over time. You can't be friends with everybody.

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    I always think it's best to pretend you're in a tenuous position. Just as a player, you always want to stay in the now and work hard but also have goals for the future. There's no promises in any entrepreneurial business. You have to really work hard every year and also try to envision where you want to go in the future at the same time.

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    I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport.

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    I didn't really care if I had a coach that much, me personally, because I was brought up to think for myself.

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    I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience - at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways. When I'm performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.

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    I grew up in team sports. I think I understand the psyche of America. I think when children sign up to play, it's got to be team.

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    I hate being called a homosexual because I don't feel that way. It really upsets me ... Being gay can happen in any walk of life, in any world. If you have one gay experience, does that mean you're gay? If you have one heterosexual experience, does that mean you're straight? Life doesn't work quite so cut and dried.

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    I have often been asked whether I am a women or an athlete. The question is absurd. Men are not asked that. I am an athlete. I am a women.

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    I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.

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    I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.

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    I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.

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    I like to see what future generations are thinking about.

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    I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side.

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    In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.

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    In 1973, women got 59 cents on the dollar; now we are getting 74 cents on the dollar. In the area of finance and business, we are at 68 cents on the dollar.

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    In business, everything starts with integrity. Otherwise it falls apart, though it does take time to find out who has integrity.

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    In the complete overall history of tennis, I figure I'll be worth a sentence or two.... That's why my place in the all-time rankings means so very little to me, because I know I won't be anybody's number one, and it's that same old thing: if you're not number one, then what does it really matter?

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    In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports.

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    I think if you're put on a team as a child, like you are in soccer and other sports, I think the children are going to stay in the sport and have more fun if they're on a team. They want to play with their friends and have fun.

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    I think it's really important to have portion control. I don't believe in losing weight quickly.

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    I think one of the concerns, anytime you're in the human business, like sports, it's a very high - risk endeavor. You do have to get players every year. You have to deal with calendar. You have to deal with all kinds of things in our sport, like every sport does.

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    I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

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    I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.

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    It is very hard to be a female leader. While it is assumed that any man, no matter how tough, has a soft side... and female leader is assumed to be one-dimensional.

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    I try to perfect my strong points and make my weaknesses adequate.

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    It's about learning your craft. That's a wonderful thing--especially with today's consumerism and instant gratification. You can'tbuy that. It's about making decisions, corrections, choices. I don't think it's so much about becoming a tennis player. It's about becoming a person.

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    It's important to try to get people to think about women's wellness.

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    It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.

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    It's really impossible for athletes to grow up. On the one hand, you're still a child, still playing a game. But on the other hand, you're a superhuman hero that everyone dreams of being. No wonder we have such a hard time understanding who we are.

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    It's very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world.

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    It's your birthday today, so what would you say, if we turned that frown upside down

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    I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour.