The journey has definitely not been easy, but all the sacrifice has paid off very well in terms of my performance on-court.
What I think I've been able to do well over the years is play with pain, play with problems, play in all sorts of conditions.
I've always been aware that the image you patiently construct for an entire career can be ruined in a minute. It scares you a bit, but that's the way things are.
I still take it seriously, but once I go out there I think I've got more relaxed and I think it shows.
The Lord opened the understanding of my unbelieving heart, so that I should recall my sins.
I don't listen well at all. I don't take direction well at all. I have to admit that is my main fault.
Venus hasn't been to the semis for a couple of years in a Grand Slam - she's been coming back from injury.
We've gotta give Richard Williams a lot of credit - to give us two number one champions is a phenomenal feat.
Whoever has played tennis knows the court is pretty big and you always have space to put the ball in.
Lies and distortions can be spread, via the Internet, in an inexpensive way, and the effects are astounding.
I applaud the growing commitment of Evangelicals to the needs of the poor and oppressed in urban America.
Courage becomes a worthwhile and meaningful virtue when it is regarded not so much as a willingness to die manfully but as a determination to live decently.
Thinking that morality is all about commandments is a relatively new way of thinking, since the Reformation.
When I tested for Billy Budd, I had that kind of confidence that comes with the certainty that you're not going to get something. I was very rough around the edges.
We have a tough schedule this summer, so I have to plan my schedule wisely if I want to be able to last throughout the season.
I am happy to have played a match and break the rhythm of daily training.
Montana was naked, and so was Billy, of course. He had a tremendous wang, incidentally. You never know who'll get one.
I did not grow up with people, you know, pounding in my head, 'This is what you've got to do, this is what you're going to do.'
I TiVo 'CSI,' 'CSI: Miami,' 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'Young and The Restless' - my husband hates that one - and that's pretty much it.
In a way, 'Billy Elliot' was autobiographical. I can't dance, but I think his dancing was me discovering about writing and literature.
I like to draw, produce paintings, do something with my fingers - but I am very normal, down-to-earth person.
