Tracy Austin Quotes

• My mom and dad met at UCLA when he as a captain in the Air Force and she was in her junior year.

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  Mom, Dad, Air

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• I was too young to take it all in. I was too young to even realize I was young. I was just living my life.

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  Tennis, Youth, Realizing

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• Winning that first game was so important; my mother always said that the first game of the second set was the chance to keep it going if you were ahead or change things if you were behind.

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  Mother, Winning, Second Chance

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• Make sure your daughter's goal is her goal, not your goal.

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  Leadership, Sports, Daughter

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• We've gotta give Richard Williams a lot of credit - to give us two number one champions is a phenomenal feat.

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  Two, Numbers, Giving

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• To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis.

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  Inspirational, Goal, Tennis

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• My mind started wandering. I started playing carefully, instead of playing the way that had gotten me to that point. I had to force myself to keep driving the ball.

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  Ukulele, Mind, Balls

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• When I was 11, I won my first nationals at Savannah, defeating Kelly Henry in the finals.

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  Finals, Savannah, Firsts

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• The prize money for first place was $2,800, but I didn't take it because I was still an amateur.

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  Prize Money, Firsts, Stills

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• By the time I was 9, I was frequently asked to play exhibitions at grand openings, fund-raisers for charities, and other special events.

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  Play, Special, Events

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• In Toronto, Serena Williams was not fit at all, not striking the ball well at all, and went three sets with someone (ranked) 92 in the world.

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  Three, Balls, Toronto

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• My sister and I are opposites in many ways. She is six feet tall, while I'm five feet four.

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  Sister, Opposites, Feet

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• I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.

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  Tennis, Championship, Coast

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• I didn't want to just rally at the baseline, even though that happened a lot.

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  Want, Happened

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• From one match to the next, I kept on winning.

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  Winning, Next

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• I won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 1980.

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  Titles, Wimbledon

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• I was planning to remain an amateur for a while.

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  Planning

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• Mary Joe Fernandez rarely has a bad loss. She never tries for stupid shots.

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  Stupid, Loss, Trying

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• My brother Jeff is now my agent at Advantage International in Washington, D.C.

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  Brother, Agents, Advantage

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• Pam has always been my glamorous big sister - 13 years older than I. She played on the women's circuit for nine years and came home to tell me stories of France, Japan.

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  Home, Sister In Law, Japan

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• I started tennis around age 2.

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  Tennis, Age

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