"Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity."

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"Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul."

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"Begin when you have the strength. You have it now, therefore the best time to begin is now."

"Thinking without acting makes you a coward. Acting without thinking makes you insane. You need both the thoughts and actions, they never walk alone!"

"Act for the joy and beauty of action not for the fruits of creation."

"Any genuine philosophy leads to action and from action back again to wonder, to the enduring fact of mystery."

"Do it or not, but do."

"I'm good at doing things I'm not supposed to, she said, then kicked the door open."

"Don't wish away your problems. They need action, not wishful thinking."

"Then indecision brings its own delays, And days are lost lamenting over lost days. Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute; What you can do, or dream you can do, begin it; Boldness has genius, power and magic in it."

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"Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul."

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"Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships."

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

"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."

"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."