I've always had an obsession with rackets.

I guess I had that insecurity of missing out on the normal things that everybody else does. With all the traveling I was doing I felt I was leaving something behind.

You're not just playing for yourself but for your country, and that's nerve-wracking. It makes you work harder.

I won Wimbledon when I was 19 and again after I had a child.

When Kelly was born, I thought seriously about retirement. But I wanted to see if it was possible to mix being a mother with tennis and the two combined very well.

In team tennis, when you're downed, you play harder because there are other people depending upon you.

I don't like rushing, just like to sit down and rest before a match. Half the time I don't even look at the draw.

I like music and dancing.

I just have these lapses. Guess I'm stuck with it. But I play better when I get behind. I say to myself, 'Now I have to play well.'

I keep saying to myself, 'I'm in New York.' I've heard so much about it. It's big, isn't it?

I'd much rather people knew me as a good tennis player than as an aboriginal who happens to play good tennis. Of course I'm proud of my race, but I don't want to be thinking about it all the time.

Mum and Dad have come to Sydney to see me off on the two trips to Wimbledon. Each time I thought I mustn't cry 'cos that'll start Mum off. Each time I really bawled, and then she started up.

I don't want to talk about apartheid... I'm going to South Africa to play tennis and to see the country. That's as far as it goes.

I love the atmosphere of shopping in London. Sometimes I just go into a boutique, not to buy but to listen to the music.

I know how to get around London better than Sydney.

I like to be nervous, as I push myself harder.

When I walk out on to the court and everyone is staring, sometimes I wonder how my legs will carry me out there. That's forgotten as soon as I start playing.

I don't know whether I'm half, quarter or what. I just know I'm aboriginal.

I first started out by hitting a ball against a wall when I was four.

I think how I'm playing, not who I'm playing.

Losing isn't bitter because it's temporary.

I'll get married when I'm sick of tennis.

A man could and would wipe me off the court. I really feel that the male is naturally superior to the female in all endeavors.

Usually I have to leave parties early - just when the action is beginning.

I'm just tired of having to say 'cheese' all the time for the press.

I can't wear the same outfit twice without washing it. And tennis is a grueling occupation.

I think It would be quite fun to play Bobby Riggs.

I can't explain why I play belter when I am down. It's the challenge I suppose.

I play better if the matches are tight.

I know, everybody thinks that all Aussies love beer. I guess most of them do, but not me.

Once in a while I'll drink a rum-and-Coke but that's all, and only once in a while.

I never think I'm going to lose.

Concentration may be my weak point.

My greatest high was to hit a ball well, to try to do it perfectly, to try different things, whether they came off or not.

I can think of matches I played where I played one or two points perfectly, and that gave me a thrill.

The most exciting match I ever played was the 1974 US Open final against Billie Jean King.

It's nice to be remembered.

There are about 100 Aboriginal communities in Australia, and I'm trying to visit as many as possible to learn as much as I can.

People told me I made the game look easy and I didn't always look like I was trying my best, but I always was.

After I make some bad shots, it makes me bear down and concentrate more.