“People see me on the court only as a superhero, grunting and winning. They think you’re a robot, and I’m not.”

If you smile things will work out.

Am I the greatest? I don’t know. I’m the greatest that I can be.

I wish I could play like Roger Federer.

If anything, you know, I think losing makes me even more motivated.

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

I don’t have anything to prove ever, ever in my life. If I have something to prove, what does that mean for everyone else? And I think everyone should have that attitude.

I’m not one to blame anyone else for anything. And I don’t think anyone else should either.

Victory is very, very sweet. It tastes better than any dessert you’ve ever had.

I don’t go thinking I’m going to lose. I never go into a tournament thinking that. I’ll do the best that I can.

I think in life you should work on yourself until the day you die.

Everyone’s dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.

I wanted to get really fit. I wanted to lose some weight. So I’ve been doing Pilates and yoga, trying to lean out my body so I won’t be bulky.

I’ve had to learn to fight all my life – got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.

I think you have to love yourself before you fall in love. I’m still learning to love myself.

Growing up I wasn’t the richest, but I had a rich family in spirit. Standing here with 19 championships is something I never thought would happen. I went on a court just with a ball and a racket and with a hope.

I love tennis more than designing because it’s actually easier and I don’t get nearly as nervous.

Karate has helped me lots, otherwise I might have got lost in substance abuse or something like the things a lot of other people do.

Night is a song, moon and sad people can sing along.

Fashion has a right to exist, because it permits the people to define themselves over and over again.

An image of thought called philosophy has been formed historically and it effectively stops people from thinking.

I love my own coincidences and love to hear other peoples’ stories.

Now I’m fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how’s your day, and nothing is changed for me.

Time is very precious to me. I don’t know how much I have left, and I have some things that I would like to say. Hopefully, at the end, I will have said something that will be important to other people, too.

I want to speak for people that may not feel like they’re being spoken for at the moment. And I want to make a connection between the world around us and the charts.