Tracy Austin Quotes

We all need to show a debt of gratitude toward Billie.

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

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Martina at 48 certainly is well worth watching still, ... Martina still has one of the best volleys on the tour. Her technique is the best. That's pretty impressive.

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I think there are more questions in the first week than we've seen in a long time.

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If I was a 13-year-old and someone like Billie Jean King came to a camp and told me the ups and downs of turning pro that would have been pretty helpful, ... My participation and aim as a past champion is letting them ask questions.

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I always loved it, ... Even when I was 2, 3 or 4 years old I begged people to play with me. It's great for the body and great for the mind.

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

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Lindsay Davenport was saying 12 months ago that this might be her last Wimbledon, but things have completely changed because she's healthy.

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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.

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I think there are more questions in the first week than we've seen in a women's Grand Slam in a long time, ... There's a real question of how the top players are going to play and how physically fit they're going to be.

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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.

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

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Robert became the most important force in my life for my young tennis career. He was part father, part brother, part tyrant. The perfect coach.

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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.

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To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis.

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I won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 1980.

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So many times in the past on the women's side of the draw you'd really have to wait until the second week before it became a little more interesting. But with Serena, I think her first matches will be extremely enjoyable to watch because of the curiosity factor How fit is she, how well is she going to play

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I saw Serena in Toronto, and she was not fit at all. She was not striking the ball well at all and struggled against a girl who was ranked 92nd in the world.

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I was 5 when I began semiprivate lessons.

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I knew I needed to take balls out of the air if I could put them away. I wanted to end the points a little sooner and be more aggressive.

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

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I was planning to remain an amateur for a while.

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

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

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

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