I Was Labeled At A Young Age

Relationships Are Give-and-take, And When You're A Tennis Player, You're Certainly Not Giving. You Have To Be Self-absorbed. It Has To Be About You.

When I Was In Grade School And We Had To Write Papers About What We Wanted To Be When We Grew Up, I Wanted To Be A Social Worker Or A Missionary Or A Teacher... Then I Got Involved With Tennis, And Everything Was Just Me, Me, Me. I Was Totally Selfish And Thought About Myself And Nobody Else, Because If You Let Up For One Minute, Someone Was Going To Come Along And Beat You. I Really Wouldn't Let Anyone Or Any Slice Of Happiness Enter... I Didn't Like The Characteristics That It Took To Become A Champion.

Now That I'm Losing Some, I Can See How Tough I Was -- The Killer Instinct, The Single-mindedness, Playing Like A Machine. Boy, That's What Made Me A Champion.

When I Play, I'm Boiling Inside. I Just Try Not To Show It Because It's A Lack Of Composure, And If You Give In To Your Emotions After One Loss, You're Liable To Have Three Or Four In A Row.

The Great High Of Winning Wimbledon Lasts For About A Week. You Go Down In The Record Book, But You Don't Have Anything Tangible To Hold On To. But Having A Baby -- There Isn't Any Comparison.