All of the Spaniards are really talented. I don't know what they eat.

As long as there's pasta and Chinese food in the world, I'm okay.

If at first you don't succeed, try, try, try, try, try again.

Maybe sometimes I'm such a thinker, I reevaluate too much. Sometimes when it comes down to it, I really don't need to do anything, I don't really need to change anything. I need to just keep plugging away, working at it.

All of the Spaniards are really talented. I don't know what they eat.

I'm a competitive person and it is in my nature to try hard in every match I play. The only time I'm not competitive is when I'm playing against my mom.

As an athlete, I used my speed, agility and quickness to go out and play against the big guys.

For me, I think the Lord wanted me to win to put a smile on Chinese people's faces.

I actually became a Christian in my rookie year on tour when I was 16 years old.

I am actually nondenominational.

I am just trying to get biblically stronger.

I didn't have the ability to blow people off the court, so I needed my legs, my preparation and the ability to think on my feet.

I feel like I have as good a shot as anybody out there and I have gotten close in the past, so why not have the attitude that I can come out and play great tennis and maybe even win this tournament.

I look at tennis as a bit of a platform to hopefully touch lives and encourage people.

I realize that I'm in the twilight of my career.

I see tendencies, I see body language.

I still have a belief and a faith that some great things are still going to happen in my career. If I didn't believe that, it makes no sense for me to be out there, and on top of that, I know this is a period of time that God wants me to persevere through.

I think I could look back through the past few years at missed opportunities and stuff, but one thing I have learned is not to dwell on missed chances or times where you have failed.

I think the French Open, in many ways, brought out a certain characteristic in me and in my game that was already there. Just the circumstances allowed for it to be able to show.

I think when you've played at the level that I've played, anything outside the top 10 in certain aspects is just a number, unless you're obviously trying to get into tournaments and stuff.

In the tennis world, there weren't a whole lot of Asians playing. You see it a little bit more now. The same can really be said for basketball.

It has been a difficult road this year, but still I look at every day as a new opportunity.

It's difficult sometimes when you have somebody who is of a different culture trying to make light of something that is maybe not quite something that they understand.

It's like one of those dreams you have when someone is chasing you. You're running as fast as you can, and someone's trotting behind you, just out of range, trying to grab onto you.

Obviously the Asian American community wants you to do well. They are cheering you on no matter what the circumstances.

The first initial feeling, at least for me, was to go out and play well and hopefully win and have the Asian community be even more proud.

You can work really hard, but if you're not training in the right way you're not going to improve and get to the level that you want to.

I just thought that it was magical having to glide across the ice.

There is no day more joyful in my life than when I see all my family around me. That's the best it gets.

At a nerd wedding, they don't say, "I do." They say, "I accept the terms and condition.

The negro has suffered far more from the commission of this crime against the women of his race by white men than the white race has ever suffered through his crimes.

Streetcar is a most wonderful, wonderful play.

Within every desire is the mechanics of its fulfillment.

If the relentless personal maintenance plan has taken over your life, give it a rest.

'Liberace's a great film. It's a great piece of material. I have a great script and it's a great score.

Right now, I'm as single as a slice of American cheese.

When I travel, I just take what I need and I run. I always have my briefcase stuffed with work, even when I go on a holiday.

By the time I was in my teens, I was reading science fiction. I had this maternal uncle who had cartons of books. It's important to read because you have to fill your head with words.

I get offered a World War II movie at least once a week just because I speak German and was born there. I have always stayed away from it because I didn't want to be put into that box.

Hollywood always wanted me to be pretty, but I fought for realism.

Good things come in small packages.

Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash.

I love swimming, tennis, and I am taking up golf. I am not serious about it, I just go to the range and practice. Other than that, I enjoy going to the movies and hanging out with my friends.

Fashion has become so whatever. I don't think there are any stones left to unturn.

My primary passion is film-making. That's the aspect of my life that defines me, completes me, and completely grounds me. Everything else - from judging a reality TV show to hosting a talk show - is just a result of me being a film-maker. I am the happiest, satisfied and at peace when I am behind the camera.

Be neither silly nor cunning but wise.

No, we are not the master of the state, said King. We are not the servant of the state. We are the conscience of the state. The churches or the religious community should be, I think, the conscience of the state. We're not just service providers.

Birth, life, death is a cycle. And they're all beautiful, you celebrate all of them. Animals do grieve, but they move on. That's the lesson behind animals.

There were websites erected to figure out how to kill Alanis. I just do not need to see this; it's not good for anybody.