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"Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be."
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"I have this terrible dark side to my personality, which playing tennis keeps at bay."
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"Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it."
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"People think I must have been so talented at an early age, but I don't know - was it talent or hard work? Who knows?"
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"Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be."
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"Did you know that Christmas Day is absolutely the best day to fly? It is. No crowded airports and crowded planes. I always flew to Australia. That's what Christmas was for me - a plane journey to the next tournament."
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"It doesn't matter who is playing or how old they are. I just worry about what I can control. It doesn't give me more or less motivation."
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"I did realise more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business."
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"Madonna has total control over her life, and not many women have that."
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"I never really did Christmas before. Christmas Day? I mean - what's that? What's it all about? I was always flying on Christmas Day."
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"That's the key to success, isn't it? It has to be fun."
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"But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was hitting with all the pros that would come to town. They would get me on the court or take notice and that stayed with me."
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"I just felt like reflecting on my junior year, when I didn't know what I was doing, I left a lot of stuff out there. Actually, I gained close to 700 yards more and I took myself out of a lot of games."
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"When I was 11, I won my first nationals at Savannah, defeating Kelly Henry in the finals."
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"We've gotta give Richard Williams a lot of credit - to give us two number one champions is a phenomenal feat."
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"Venus hasn't been to the semis for a couple of years in a Grand Slam - she's been coming back from injury."
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"I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships."
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"It's a beautiful day for a ballgame... Let's play two!"
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"I came from such a simple origin, without any great privilege, and I would say I also wanted to make a mark. It wasn't until I was about 15 that I appeared in a race."
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"The Athletic Association competed against the University. So there was an event. You cannot break world records unless it is an established event, and you have three timekeepers, and the whole thing is organized."
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"My introduction to track racing was through the background of cross country running, which is not a sport perhaps as popular in America as it is in England."
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