Quotes from Tracy Austin

My mind started wandering. I started playing carefully, instead of playing the way that had gotten me to that point. I had to force myself to keep driving the ball.

The prize money for first place was $2,800, but I didn't take it because I was still an amateur.

Winning that first game was so important; my mother always said that the first game of the second set was the chance to keep it going if you were ahead or change things if you were behind.

Pam has always been my glamorous big sister - 13 years older than I. She played on the women's circuit for nine years and came home to tell me stories of France, Japan.

My brother Jeff is now my agent at Advantage International in Washington, D.C.

My sister and I are opposites in many ways. She is six feet tall, while I'm five feet four.

I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.

We've gotta give Richard Williams a lot of credit - to give us two number one champions is a phenomenal feat.

From one match to the next, I kept on winning.

I didn't want to just rally at the baseline, even though that happened a lot.

I was too young to take it all in. I was too young to even realize I was young. I was just living my life.

When I was 11, I won my first nationals at Savannah, defeating Kelly Henry in the finals.

I won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 1980.

By the time I was 9, I was frequently asked to play exhibitions at grand openings, fund-raisers for charities, and other special events.

I was planning to remain an amateur for a while.

Mary Joe Fernandez rarely has a bad loss. She never tries for stupid shots.

I started tennis around age 2.

My mom and dad met at UCLA when he as a captain in the Air Force and she was in her junior year.

Venus hasn't been to the semis for a couple of years in a Grand Slam - she's been coming back from injury.

My mom and dad met at UCLA when he as a captain in the Air Force and she was in her junior year.