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The more people come out, the less it will be an issue.

Everything you do today impacts the next day as well as the future.

Losing still hurts, but that's good. When it stops hurting, that's when I stop playing.

The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else.

Just go out there and do what you've got to do.

The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.

I would have drunk a lot of Pinot Grigio if I'd lost after leading 5-2 in the third.

You can't live in the past, there's nothing you can do about it.

I have always had this outrage at being told what to, how to act, whom to love.

Labels are for filing. Labels are for clothing. Labels are not for people.

What I would tell girls coming up is just be yourself and don't let people get in the way.

I think the key is for women not to set any limits.

All top players are the same strokewise, but mentally I can improve and that's where it's at for top players.

Keeping a journal of what's going on in your life is a good way to help you distill what's important and what's not.

This is reality, not a dream.

The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.

I am not looking for perfection. I look for the best in me.

In Czechoslovakia there is no such thing as freedom of the press. In the United States there is no such thing as freedom from the press.

People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.

The fewer mistakes you make twice, the easier life is.

I've been talking to Martina [Hingis] about playing for a couple of years. Maybe I can convince her to play some doubles.

No matter where I go, I always make friends at the bridge table

I needed to refocus and get my act together.

I'm an American. You can't go on where you were born. If you do then John McEnroe would be a German.

I shouldn't say I'm looking forward to leading a normal life, because I don't know what normal is.

Just go out there and do what you have to do.

What planet are you living on? Who are you trying to convince - me or yourself.

I've been in the twilight of my career longer than most people have had their career.

You don't have to be pretty for people to come and see you play. At the same time, if you're a good athlete, it doesn't mean you're not a woman.

Security used to be an inconvenience sometimes, but now it's a necessity all the time.

I hope, when I stop, people will think that somehow I mattered.

Who ever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.

Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone.

The moment of victory is too short to live for that alone.

When one man becomes more important than the country he's supposed to be leading, this will always create a problem.

Sachin was so focused. He never looked like getting out. He was batting with single-minded devotion. It was truly remarkable. It was a lesson.

I haven't bought any leather articles for a very long time. My ideal is to be able to avoid all animal products, in food as well as clothing.

The better I get, the more I realize how much better I can get.

I hit some great shots in my lifetime; now I hit a decent shot and I get a standing ovation.

Sure I know where the press room is - I just look for where they throw the dog meat.

On Chris Evert: Before I even met her, she stood for everything I admired in this country: poise, ability, sportsmanship, money, style.

I think retirement beats the heck out of life after death, that's for sure.

It is easier to do a job right than to explain why you didn't.

Variety is what I would recommend: As variety is the spice of life in food, so it is in exercise. Change it up. But most of all, don't overdo it.

There is no cheap way to achieve the ability to turn pro in tennis; it unfortunately is more expensive than team sports.

Lady' is an opinion; 'woman' is a fact.

I'm not involved in tennis but committed.

Tennis has given me soul.

I've been active in animal rights and all kinds of environmental stuff and children's charities over the years.

Changes made to please others are unrealistic, but more important, they're unfair to you.

Concentration is born on the practice court ... you must mentally treat your practice sessions as matches, concentrating on every ball you hit.

I just try to concentrate on concentrating.