The trees are our lungs, the rivers our circulation, the air our breath, and the earth our body.
Natural talent only determines the limits of your athletic potential. It's dedication and a willingness to discipline your life that makes you great.
For me, losing a tennis match isn't failure, it's research.
In 1973, a woman could not get a credit card without her husband or father or a male signing off on it.
Ladies, here's a hint. If you're up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That's the hardest shot for the well-endowed.
When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman.
Be bold. If you're going to make an error, make a doozy, and don't be afraid to hit the ball.
In the old days, that was my ad-lib for hecklers in the joints I worked. It stuck with me. I hardly say it now, say, to fans, even though people do send me hockey pucks.
I have a great life, to tell you the truth.
How do you maybe hit someone?” Michael drawled. “Okay, so I decked him. At the time he deserved it.
I was a teacher for a long time. I taught at a community college: voice, theory, humanities. And nowadays, music education is a dying thing. Funding is being cut more and more and more.