My new year's resolution: Never be afraid to be kicked in the teeth. Let the blood and the bruises define your legacy.
Russians always need a little sh*t in our lives. If everything is good and we seem completely happy, then we become suspicious of that.
It’s better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.
The most important factor in determining whether you will succeed isn’t your gender, it’s you. Be open to opportunity and take risks. In fact, take the worst, the messiest, the most challenging assignment you can find, and then take control.
Face the brutes. That is a lesson for all life—face the terrible, face it boldly. Like the monkeys, the hardships of life fall back when we cease to flee before them
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
I think life gives you lemons, and the thing that I'm working on doing is not watering it down, not putting sugar in it. Just drink it straight. The more you can take life head on... it's gonna make you a better person, and then you have nothing left to be afraid of. And what an awesome way to live.
The greater the pressure and expectation, the more I relish the opportunity.
Dare to be different. Be a pioneer. Be a leader. Be the kind of woman who in the face of adversity will continue to embrace life and walk fearlessly toward the challenge.
There is more felicity on the far side of baldness than young men can possibly imagine.
I love those who do not know how to live, except by going under, for they are those who cross over.
When faced without a challenge, make one
I have always tried to live by the philosophy that when there is a big problem that needs fixing, you should run towards it, rather than away from it.
I have a lot of confidence in myself, and I love that challenge as well. I love going to every competition as the favourite. It's something I relish.
It was not the thorn bending to the honeysuckles, but the honeysuckles embracing the thorn.
We cannot expect to be happy always ... by experiencing evil as well as good we become wise.
I've paid the price; I definitely have a reputation that precedes me, and there is a camp that plots my demise. But then again... it's funner that way.
One of the best sayings in tennis and sport is that pressure is a privilege.
