Steffi Graf

“It shifted attention away from that and I've never been someone who liked the attention from the media anyway.”

“I don't like the word 'businesswoman.' Perhaps 'committed mother' would be the best description.”

“It's so difficult to find time besides the tennis.”

“Grass is a surface I have always loved, Wimbledon is a tournament I have always loved.”

“I appreciate very much being injury-free.”

“I don't wake up every day and think about which tournaments I won and which titles I hold. It's something I don't care about.”

“I have always been guided by striving to show the best that I could. That is what kept me going in tennis and it is the same now.”

“I knew that maybe I couldn't be playing again, but I just wanted to get in physical shape.”

“You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that's fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others.”

“I think it takes people to get to know you and the recognition comes over time.”

“I never look back, I look forward.”

“I still take it seriously, but once I go out there I think I've got more relaxed and I think it shows.”

“I suppose it's amazing how quick life goes by when you have children.”

“I am a person who sticks to her word.”

“The tennis wasn't really very much on my mind, so it wasn't like I was thinking about it all the time.”

“I never hanker after the past - I prefer to devote myself to new tasks.”

“I had a lot of different thoughts and ideas and always to transform, but I'm trying certain things that I feel my heart is really going for and that was one of the things that I initiated a few months ago.”

“You cannot compare your athletic achievement to the importance of children and giving them a safe environment in which to grow up and enjoy life.”

“My big dream was to work as a photographer for 'National Geographic.'”

“When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.”