Tracy Austin Quotations

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.

I was planning to remain an amateur for a while.

I won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 1980.

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

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

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

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

What they remember you by is how many Grand Slams you win,

She's had a frustrating year physically. It's amazing that she won the Australian Open in this shape.

She's not fit and not looking any fitter than she did at Wimbledon,

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?

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.

Kim is playing the best tennis right now coming into the U.S. Open.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Rosie is just the best, ... Anytime you get to be with friends in a nice area it's a win-win situation.

About three days. Shortest colleague ever. There was too much food around, right? Couldn't stop eating.

It's been brutal this summer, and maybe this will be a real catalyst for the WTA to look at.

It seems like she's really enjoying herself. She's able to smile out there. She's really fit. And she has that big, first-strike ability to get ahead early.

It's about being with friends and raising money, ... To me, that's most important.

Doesn't matter how good you are. You know, you don't even have to have played tennis at all. And, you can come out here and be able to hit the shots and run around and burn those calories.

It's not a coincidence there are this many injuries. If the WTA and (CEO) Larry Scott don't take this as a big warning that something needs to be done, then they have got a problem.

I was 5 when I began semiprivate lessons.

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.

I realized that this was a professional tour stop - the event was called the Avon Futures, a satellite tour of the Virginia Slims.

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.

I started tennis around age 2.

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

In Toronto, Serena Williams was not fit at all, not striking the ball well at all, and went three sets with someone (ranked) 92 in the world,

Make sure your daughter's goal is her goal, not your goal.

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

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