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"I've been playing tennis, and just whatever sport is in front of me I will do."
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"Balls should be good for at least six sets, and for more for the average player. But if the rallies are long, they do not last as long as this. There is a fuzz on the surface that wears off on the hard court."

"Venus told me the other day that champions don't get nervous in tight situations. That really helped me a lot. I decided I shouldn't get nervous and just do the best I can."

"I had not picked up a tennis racket in 15 years, so I tried."

"Anybody who can dial a telephone can master tennis scoring in about 15 minutes."

"One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other."

"The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall."
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"Well, I think a lot of people only hear about the extreme, fundamentalist kind of polygamists, because they're always in the news being brought up on charges."


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"I've been working on Barb for a while. I looked at her as a sort of every woman. She's incredibly strong; she's incredibly generous. She's seemingly insane because she is in the situation of a polygamous relationship, but she had definite reasons to do it."


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