When I Was Younger, I

Not Every Child Is Cut Out For An Individual Sport.

When I Was In Grade School And We Had To Write Papers About What We Wanted To Be When We Grew Up, I Wanted To Be A Social Worker Or A Missionary Or A Teacher... Then I Got Involved With Tennis, And Everything Was Just Me, Me, Me. I Was Totally Selfish And Thought About Myself And Nobody Else, Because If You Let Up For One Minute, Someone Was Going To Come Along And Beat You. I Really Wouldn't Let Anyone Or Any Slice Of Happiness Enter... I Didn't Like The Characteristics That It Took To Become A Champion.

Ninety Percent Of My Game Is Mental. It's My Concentration That Has Gotten Me This Far.

Single-mindedness. I Hate To Say It Because I Don't Think It's The Best Thing For Developing A Person, But The Single-mindedness - Just Concentrating In The One Area - That's What It Takes To Be A Champion.

I'm Not Getting Within 20 Feet Of A Married Man Ever Again - Not Even Talking To One!