The image of women is changing now. You don't have to be pretty for people to come and see you play. At the same time, if you're a good athlete, it doesn't mean you're not a woman."

"Being blunt with your feelings is very American. In this big country, I can be as brash as New York, as hedonistic as Los Angeles, as sensuous as San Francisco, as brainy as Boston, as proper as Philadelphia, as brawny as Chicago, as warm as Palm Springs"

"Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you're needed by someone."

Just go out there and do what you've got to do.

"I hope, when I stop, people will think that somehow I mattered."