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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.

In The Complete Overall History Of Tennis, I Figure I'll Be Worth A Sentence Or Two.... That's Why My Place In The All-time Rankings Means So Very Little To Me, Because I Know I Won't Be Anybody's Number One, And It's That Same Old Thing: If You're Not Number One, Then What Does It Really Matter?

I Always Respect Right Off The Bat Because We Are Human, But Then Over Time You Learn Who The Person Truly Is, Just Like They Learn About You. Hope It Works Out Really Well, And You Hope That Builds A Stronger Connection Over Time. You Can't Be Friends With Everybody.

I've Never Cared That Much For Cementing My Place In History. Sports Is So Transitory, So Ephemeral. It Just Seems Like So Much Nonsense Comparing Me To Helen Wills Moody Or Suzanne Lenglen Or Anybody Else From Some Other Time. One Lesson You Learn From Sports Is That Life Goes On Without You.

No Matter How Tough, No Matter What Kind Of Outside Pressure, No Matter How Many Bad Breaks Along The Way, I Must Keep My Sights On The Final Goal, To Win, Win, Win-and With More Love And Passion Than The World Has Ever Witnessed In Any Performance.