I hated school.
Trees always remind me of Aboriginal people.
I hope that I am helping to create an understanding and an awareness of what happened to the Aboriginal people.
Nobody expected me to win Wimbledon. It was something to strive for.
In 1971, big tournaments were very new to me. I just thought Wimbledon was one of the other tournaments.
Now that my daughter is 9 and my son is 5, I'm starting to enjoy tennis more. I've been asked to play in the over 35s, and I may do that.
It's nice to know you're improving and getting better.
Of course, I'm trying to be No. 1.
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.
