I still take it seriously, but once I go out there I think I've got more relaxed and I think it shows.

I knew that maybe I couldn't be playing again, but I just wanted to get in physical shape.

The tennis wasn't really very much on my mind, so it wasn't like I was thinking about it all the time.

I think it takes people to get to know you and the recognition comes over time.

It shifted attention away from that and I've never been someone who liked the attention from the media anyway.

I appreciate very much being injury-free.

It's so difficult to find time besides the tennis.

I never look back, I look forward.

I had a lot of different thoughts and ideas and always to transform, but I'm trying certain things that I feel my heart is really going for and that was one of the things that I initiated a few months ago.

I still take it seriously, but once I go out there I think I've got more relaxed and I think it shows.

Age, what is it? It's not a figure that has ever meant anything to me.

Grass is a surface I have always loved, Wimbledon is a tournament I have always loved.

I am a person who sticks to her word.

I don't like the word 'businesswoman.' Perhaps 'committed mother' would be the best description.

I don't wake up every day and think about which tournaments I won and which titles I hold. It's something I don't care about.

I have always been guided by striving to show the best that I could. That is what kept me going in tennis and it is the same now.

I never hanker after the past - I prefer to devote myself to new tasks.

I suppose it's amazing how quick life goes by when you have children.

I've thrown away lots of my old diaries - you never know who might get their hands on them. But I have kept a few notes on the good old days.

If you go to a big city anywhere in the world and you need a doctor, just ask me. I can tell you who's good and who's bad. I've even considered writing a guidebook.

My big dream was to work as a photographer for 'National Geographic.'

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that's fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others.

You cannot compare your athletic achievement to the importance of children and giving them a safe environment in which to grow up and enjoy life.

When you lose a couple of times it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

I don't ever look back. I look forward.

I went through baseball as 'a player to be named later.'

I don't think you lose culture because you act different cultures.

I'd like to make over Marilyn Manson and just dress him really normally to see what he looks like. That'd be really weird!

I want to photograph what I see and put it in a dramatic context. I'm an actor and a writer, and I want to tell these stories and present these shapes, colors and movements as I see them, as I see them serve a narrative. As I see that narrative serve an audience. That's what I want to do.

Actually, I'm not a gym rat. I'm not a gym person - I've never been. I've always been blessed to be thin. If I'm waiting for the kettle to boil, I'm doing 15 lunges.

I'm not the greatest; I'm the double greatest. Not only do I knock 'em out, I pick the round.

My dream concept is that I have a camera and I am trying to photograph what is essentially invisible. And every once in a while I get a glimpse of her and I grab that picture.

I think if you watch most of my films with the sound off, you could still tell what's going on.

To be honest, producing records interests me less at the moment and I really don't want to get involved in album projects that are going to take up a lot of time.

Never lose yourself while trying to hold on to someone who doesn't care about losing you.

I love a lot of music that's considered folk music, but I also love a lot of music that's considered punk or considered rap. I don't mind being called a folk singer. But it seems a bit limiting. I want to be able to write whatever kind of song I want.

People are going to make comparisons and they can do that but I'm definitely not going to compare myself to Derek Jeter.

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.

Hip-hop is a cultural expression - it's embracing.

I cannot allow state government to continue to be consumed by this game of political 'gotcha.'

Feel my shirt. Does that feel like boyfriend material

Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.

I think every credit you get and every film you have your name attached to makes things a little bit easier. It definitely opens doors up, but it's still a grind.

I was brought up to understand that we are all here on planet earth together.

When I was 15 years old, I read an article about Ivan Boesky, the well-known takeover trader - turned out years later it was all on inside information! But before that came to light, he was very successful, very flamboyant. And I thought, 'This is what I want to do.' So I'm 15 years old, I decide I'm going to Wall Street.

For the most part, having more money and more fame make your life harder. It just does. I've seen it happen with people. You know, it's so hard to stay normal. It's so hard to stay happy. It's hard to remember why you were doing what you did in the first place.

I love you no matter what you do but do you have to do so much of it

Actors worry about bad breath, weight, receding hairlines and why their leading lady looks like their daughter.