Victory is fleeting. Losing is forever.
In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.
The old boy network is still very strong and very true. Just look at the stock exchange and how many men and women are there. It is still very much run by men.
The main thing is to care. Care very hard, even if it is only a game you are playing.
That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.
Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.
Sports are a microcosm of society.
No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.
Men still get a lot more opportunity. It is still a big part of the old boy network. They have more companies they can get money from.
Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis.
Martina's gone with people who don't want to be out, and it drives her crazy because she'd rather be open.
Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul.
It's just really important that we start celebrating our differences. Let's start tolerating first, but then we need to celebrate our differences.
It's fun to meet people from throughout the world who you don't have to explain yourself to.