Growing up in New York City, my car culture is minimal. I rode on the train, the bus. I walked; I rode my bike, and when I was younger, I rode my skateboard.

A friend told me about a Nike competition, where they give you one minute to do tricks with a basketball. I wasn't going to go, but they were giving away free sneakers. I ended up coming in second place.

You don't make it anywhere without someone helping you out.

I wasn't really excited about doing television, to be quite honest.

The problem we have in the WTA circuit is that the girls do not have a good relationship because we play against each other, and it's a sport.

All sorts of famous sports people have been suspended for extended periods.

When I was 4, I had a schedule. I was playing softball. My brother was playing football. My parents were teachers, and they'd owned businesses. We like to work hard. Work and then books. Books and then work. We just knew that we had to excel. It sounds militant, but trust me, it was fun.

Football, like boxing, will never go away, just occupy a different role in the American zeitgeist.