Tennis Player

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.

I think self-awareness is probably the most important thing towards being a champion.

A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

I wanted to use sports for social change.

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.

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.

No one changes the world who isn't obsessed.

I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour.

At 62 you want to keep moving; that's important.

That is where the power, opportunity, and choice come from-when you have money. Money equals opportunity. There is no question.

I like entrepreneurial people; I like people who take risks.

I would love to be a player today. I had the right personality for it.

I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.

Women get the attention when we get into the men's arena, and that's sad.