"I just want to be famous for my tennis. I don't want to be famous for anything else. I don't want to be famous for being a celebrity."

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

"I'm just a girl from Compton who had a dream."

"I don't need to prove anything to anyone. I just need to prove it to myself."

"I don't like to lose. I hate to lose. I'm a sore loser."