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I was raised by two women, and that laid the groundwork for the way I treat 'em: with the utmost respect and admiration.
The British public like a Briton with personality, someone who comes out on court and isn't dour and down on themselves.
If you play tennis it is to have these moments, moments of adrenaline, where it gets dangerous. It is a bit masochistic.
That's one of the best sets I've seen him play, although I should preface that by saying I haven't seen him play before.
The first time I showed the tattoo, it was big news in the newspaper: 'She has a tattoo with a snake.' It's not a snake.
You have your bad moments in your career and your good moments. And it's been a good ride so far, but it's not over yet.
There is no cheap way to achieve the ability to turn pro in tennis; it unfortunately is more expensive than team sports.
The confidence is there, the game is there, but physically you can't fight nature sometimes. You can't do much about it.
That's not what I'm looking forward to, just being home and just kind of not really sure kind of what to do with myself.
Obviously, diet is important for an athlete, but I don't have anyone telling me, 'You can eat this, but don't try that.'
We should try to teach the young people values that are useful to them whether they become professional athletes or not.
Since I don't look like every other girl, it takes a while to be okay with that. To be different. But different is good.
You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that's fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others.
I heard there was a bit of talk that there might be a second 'Wedding Crashers' film. It would certainly get my support.
Like most guys, I've always liked watches. I can always check the time on my phone, but having a watch is so much better.
If I can't play for big money, I play for a little money. And if I can't play for a little money, I stay in bed that day.
It's very expensive to be a professional tennis player with all the travel and the flights and the hotels and everything.
I'm not the girl to keep all the emotions I have inside. I guess I have to pay lots of fines because that's the way I am.
Every time there was a shiny car, my mum must have worried it was the welfare people coming for her kids. We had no idea.
Forget about tennis, I was scared to open my mouth. I didnt even feel worthy of saying something and not sounding stupid.
I'm not really playing for the money, ... I just want to go out there and have fun. I really missed it so much last year.
I think because I was the first Chinese player to win a grand slam, people were thinking: 'She's not like normal people.'
I've lived an easy life, the life you dream about. And at that time I thought it was normal, but it's so far from normal.
I've been talking to Martina [Hingis] about playing for a couple of years. Maybe I can convince her to play some doubles.
What I put in the stock market, I dont have to touch in my lifetime. I want to live off my bonds. I want to be that safe.
Tennis is my life, obviously; I need to focus, I need to win. But it's not the only thing. I'm not going to play forever.
When I was younger, I used to think ahead too much, and that would make me lose concentration in the match I was playing.
Once you find that peace, that place of peace and quiet, harmony and confidence, that's when you start playing your best.
As a child, I was lucky to have the support of my parents because starting a tennis career is a very expensive adventure.
You have to do a good job controlling the things you can control for performance and not get distracted by all the noise.
The man who mobilizes the Christian church to pray will make the greatest contribution to world evangelization in history.
It's safe to say that the value of the property had shot up considerably and in the end I made a pretty satisfying profit.
We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.
My greatest high was to hit a ball well, to try to do it perfectly, to try different things, whether they came off or not.
If you are given a lot of money without having to work for it, you won't appreciate it as much as if you made it yourself.
I like any title with the letters U.S. in front of it. To me, the U.S. Open is the most important tournament in the world.
If you yell at your box, I'm not really sure it's something where it should be a penalty. It seems like you hurt yourself.
I would love to do well one last time in Melbourne and my dream would be to win Wimbledon and play in the London Olympics.
Sometimes when you're putting the work in it just seems so, so hard, and you never know when that work's going to pay off.
To me, there are only a few tournaments that are important. The Grand Slams, Davis Cup, the Swedish Open; that's about it.
What I put in the stock market, I don't have to touch in my lifetime. I want to live off my bonds. I want to be that safe.
I'm trying to enjoy my lie as much as I can and I know that tennis hopefully is going to be my life the next 10, 15 years.
Once the US Open is over in the States, mainstream America doesn't really follow tennis, unless you are a true tennis fan.
In Madrid, the conditions are always better for me. It suits my game: fast clay, high altitude, the balls fly really well.
Having twin girls is a life changer - that's for sure. But I like getting up and changing diapers. It's the things you do.
How many people yell at linespeople? I see it happening all the time. I don't know how many times I have seen that happen.
I believe that athletes - especially female athletes in the world's leading sport for women - should serve as role models.
I want to maximize my potential. And when I talk about that, don't get me wrong - I'm not talking about just making money.
I know China are very good in table tennis. Let me see what happens in tennis. I am pretty happy with the way I am playing.
Being Number One isn't everything to me, but for those few hours on the court it's way ahead of whatever's in second place.