Death is what takes place within us when we look upon others not as gift, blessing, or stimulus but as threat, danger, competition.
I could be a jerk and get a lot more publicity, but that's not who I am.
The only person that I have met, that I have ever been in awe of, is Eddie Vedder.
The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.
I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles.
I made it look so easy on court all those years. No one realized how hard I had to work. No one realized how much I had to put into it. They underestimated my intensity.
I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.
At the day of Doom men shall be judged according to their fruits. It will not be said then, did you believe? But, were you doers or talkers only?
We have to be women we want our daughters to be.
I do not know how old I was when the daydreams became more than that, and I decided to write them down, but by the time I entered high school, I was confident that I would one day be a writer.
I was approached personally by the Gibson Corporation.