When I started I was pretty well the only Aboriginal player who was playing tournaments.

Whenever a car would come down the road, my mum would tell us to hide 'or else the welfare man would take you away.'

I certainly had a lot of fun during my career playing tennis, doing the thing I wanted to do and to do it well.

I always just thought of myself as a tennis player.

We couldn't afford anything. Suitcase, clothes, everything, Barellan people bought for me.

I was protected from a lot of publicity and politics of life.

There is no higher honour in sport than being selected to represent your country and I have certainly taken great pride in always giving my best in my position as Fed Cup captain.

Anyway, when I get sorta tense and start thinking about every shot, that's when my game falls apart.

Billie Jean King is the personality of women's tennis.

When I went through some racism through my early days and I went back and told Mum... she said, 'Don't worry about that, they're just ignorant.'

I started by hitting balls against walls with an apple crate board.

I went to Willoughby Girls High, I finished my high school certificate and then I did shorthand and typing the next year. Then started travelling and never used it since.

I don't think of myself as being colored but of being Australian.

When you say sorry it creates a better working relationship.

Racism is about education. Racism is ignorance.

That's all I ever wanted to do is win and build something special.

Some people aren't going to like you and some people like you. You can't go through life worrying about stuff like that both on and off the court.

That's life, bro. Everybody is not going to like you.

Everything's a learning experience.

I have some really great memories with the Clippers organization.

If we win, everybody gets a piece of the pie.

I want to win a championship and you can't win it by yourself in college.

My experience, especially with the Clippers, has been great.

That's one part of my game that never leaves - the defensive part.