You can be whatever size you are, and you can be beautiful both inside and out. We're always told what's beautiful and what's not, and that's not right.

Someone like Billie Jean King is completely my idol.

I always say if I play my best it's difficult to beat me

I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.

I don't go thinking I'm going to lose. I never go into a tournament thinking that. I'll do the best that I can.

I went on the courts with just a ball and a racket and a hope...and that's all I had.

I just hate to lose. When I am on the court, it is like my life depends on it.

If I'm winning, I have to act like I'm not bored. If it's A tough match, I have to act like I'm having A good time. I'm a drama queen.

I decided I can't pay a person to rewind time, so I may as well get over it.

I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.

My smile is my favorite part of my body. I think a smile can make your whole body.

If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration.

I am not a robot. I have a heart and I bleed.

Nothing comes to a sleeper but a dream.

I love who I am, and I encourage other people to love and embrace who they are. But it definitely wasn't easy - it took me a while.

Victory is very, very sweet. It tastes better than any dessert you've ever had.

When you lose, you get up, you make it better, you TRY AGAIN.

If Plan A isn't working, I have Plan B, Plan C, and even Plan D.

Since I don't look like every other girl, it takes a while to be okay with that. To be different. But different is good.