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Whenever a car would come down the road, my mum would tell us to hide 'or else the welfare man would take you away.'
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I know how to get around London better than Sydney.
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We couldn't afford anything. Suitcase, clothes, everything, Barellan people bought for me.
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I was just feeling really down and didn't want to play tennis anymore and when I was feeling down like that, what helped me is that I went back to my culture. To walk the Earth.
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I like music and dancing.
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There are about 100 Aboriginal communities in Australia, and I'm trying to visit as many as possible to learn as much as I can.
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I have won a few trophies in my time but I have never had a major event name their trophy after me.
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Tennis, for me, every time I went out on the court, it just gave me such joy to play.
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When you have a dream you have to work hard to achieve that dream. Your dreams when you are young can be the force that keeps you going.
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In 1971, big tournaments were very new to me. I just thought Wimbledon was one of the other tournaments.
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Every time I hit the ball on the wall I uses to pretend I was there Wimbledon. When I went to sleep I used to pretend I was there.
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I certainly had a lot of fun during my career playing tennis, doing the thing I wanted to do and to do it well.
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When you say sorry it creates a better working relationship.
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Anyway, when I get sorta tense and start thinking about every shot, that's when my game falls apart.
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It's wonderful being a mother playing anyway.
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I know that from my own experience, after I had my daughter Kelly, I felt great. I just wanted to get back on that court.
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I love the atmosphere of shopping in London. Sometimes I just go into a boutique, not to buy but to listen to the music.
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The white explorers had been my heroes. The Aborigines, I thought they were real savages. That was what I'd been taught and that's what I believed.
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I can think of matches I played where I played one or two points perfectly, and that gave me a thrill.
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The most exciting match I ever played was the 1974 US Open final against Billie Jean King.
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You're not just playing for yourself but for your country, and that's nerve-wracking. It makes you work harder.
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I guess I had that insecurity of missing out on the normal things that everybody else does. With all the traveling I was doing I felt I was leaving something behind.
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After I was fortunate enough to achieve my dreams on the court, I have done my best to, in turn, help young people achieve theirs.
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When I walk out on to the court and everyone is staring, sometimes I wonder how my legs will carry me out there. That's forgotten as soon as I start playing.
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