Tracy Austin Quotes

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I was planning to remain an amateur for a while.

- Tracy Austin

Planning, Remain, While, Amateur

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

- Tracy Austin

Feet, Six, Many, Opposites

I won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 1980.

- Tracy Austin

Title, Won, Mixed, Doubles

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

- Tracy Austin

Champions, Give, Richard, Phenomenal

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

- Tracy Austin

Won, Henry, Finals, Savannah

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

- Tracy Austin

Meet, Playing, Up, Goals

Venus hasn't been to the semis for a couple of years in a Grand Slam - she's been coming back from injury.

- Tracy Austin

Been, Couple, Grand Slam, Slam

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

- Tracy Austin

Year, Mom And Dad, Dad, UCLA

I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.

- Tracy Austin

Championships, Began, Coast, Pacific

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.

- Tracy Austin

Game, Behind, Always, Change Things

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.

- Tracy Austin

Big, Always, Nine, Sister

I started tennis around age 2.

- Tracy Austin

Age, Started, Around, Tennis

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

- Tracy Austin

Now, Agent, Advantage, Jeff

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

- Tracy Austin

Loss, She, Joe, Rarely

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

- Tracy Austin

Lot, Though, Even, Rally

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.

- Tracy Austin

Mind, Carefully, Gotten, Wandering

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

- Tracy Austin

Still, First Place, Take, Amateur

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

- Tracy Austin

Winning, Next, Kept, Match

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