I know that from my own experience, after I had my daughter Kelly, I felt great. I just wanted to get back on that court.

I used to say during my career that the biggest gift was having my children.

I have won a few trophies in my time but I have never had a major event name their trophy after me.

I love to fish. I love the peacefulness of being around the water.

Because I've had time off, I've learned to appreciate tennis more - to put something back into it.

When I was playing on the tour, I never really thought about the Hall of Fame because you're always thinking about your game and how you can do better.

I went through a tough time after leaving 'tennis.

I was just feeling really down and didn't want to play tennis anymore and when I was feeling down like that, what helped me is that I went back to my culture. To walk the Earth.

Tennis, for me, every time I went out on the court, it just gave me such joy to play.

I even opened a nightclub called Evonne's.

My goal is to share information and to educate. But am I an activist? No, no, no. I don't believe in pushing things on people.

I was so hungry to learn my history, to really know who I was.

Every time there was a shiny car, my mum must have worried it was the welfare people coming for her kids. We had no idea.

After I was fortunate enough to achieve my dreams on the court, I have done my best to, in turn, help young people achieve theirs.

Well, Margaret Court was the first one, first professional woman - or maybe man - to actually take it into the gyms. She worked out on her body, she was very strong, very fast on the court.

If you didn't have power, you had to have touch and serve and volley, which I found very exciting and that's why I love watching Federer play, because of those skills.

When we used the small-faced racquets and wood racquets, we had to use every part of the court.

It's wonderful being a mother playing anyway.

About three months after I had Kelly, I went and played in Canada. I felt great, I was ready to go and I was very energetic. But as soon as I started playing, I thought 'no, too soon.' I went back home and slept for two days.

Every time I hit the ball I would pretend I was on that magical court at Wimbledon. And then every time I went to sleep at night I would dream about playing at Wimbledon one day.

I remember I hadn't bought anything for my Mum for Christmas and I actually won an iron, so I was excited that I could take that home for her.

The white explorers had been my heroes. The Aborigines, I thought they were real savages. That was what I'd been taught and that's what I believed.

Some players feel that winning is everything and that losing is a disaster. Not me. I want the spectators to take home a good memory.

Neither winning nor losing means as much to me as knowing the crowd has enjoyed my match.