"Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine"

"I love the feel of hitting the ball hard, the pleasure of a rally. It is these things that make tennis the delightful game that it is"

"Billie and I did wonders for women's tennis. They owe me a piece of their checks"

"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"

"I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport"

"I always give Lindsay so much credit for her tennis game, for her attitude, for her person, and because of how she deals with all the things. I don't think people give her enough credit for how well she's doing"

"In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to"

"I never thought tennis was going to give me so much satisfaction"

"Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down"

"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"

"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"