"I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out"

"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"

"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 like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me"

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

"I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side"

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

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

"In Hollywood people lie to each other and cheat each other and then go and play tennis. But I don't want to be a tennis player"