A major final to a tennis player is sacred ground. Short of any type of serious injury - soft-tissue tears, serious orthopedic injuries or a major illness like throwing up, dehydration or cramping - you keep going, especially in the final of a Slam.

Pam Shriver

I've learned to really appreciate the courtside position and the art of picking up certain subtleties. Player expression you can't see from a camera angle, or the booth.

Pam Shriver

Even when I played, if they gave me the microphone after a match, whether a doubles final or a singles final, I'd handle the microphone pretty well.

Pam Shriver

I hate sitting still.

Pam Shriver

I have horrible handwriting, horrible spelling and horrible grammar.

Pam Shriver

You realize as an athlete that there is a bit of a clock, and you don`t want to look back on a career and say, 'I wish I had done this a bit differently.'

Pam Shriver

I was given advice early in the quarantine: Don't focus on what you don't have. Focus on what you do have and will have again, and I've said that to myself over and over again.

Pam Shriver

When you're in the second set and you start thinking I have to win this and get it over, the pressure to finish quickly can get to you.

Pam Shriver

I took more anti-inflammatories probably than anybody in my 20 years of playing and I know what that terrible stomach pain can be. I also know what terrible menstruation cramps can be, as most women tennis players have, to the point where you feel nauseous, but you just play on.

Pam Shriver

Have a living will if you don't want long-term life support. It makes the decision easier for the family.

Pam Shriver

I think my best tennis is good enough to win.

Pam Shriver

If I had to write a novel, I'd start crying after three lines.

Pam Shriver

The pace of play is very important whether I'm watching baseball, tennis or golf.

Pam Shriver

To be part of the big picture, whether it's celebrity interviews or seeing how big the U.S. Open is in New York or on the world stage, is amazing.

Pam Shriver

People all the time try to take my outside interests and make them a negative. My life has always been like that and it always will be like that. I don't think it necessarily means that while I'm concentrating on tennis I can't put 100% into it. If I didn't have 100 different interests, I probably wouldn't be as good a player.

Pam Shriver

There's always a time in a relationship when you can pull back. Three years ago when I realized I was falling for a guy with a complicated medical history, I decided not to exit. Believe me, I made the right decision.

Pam Shriver

My office is just off my master bedroom. One of my theories is I needed to double-door it with three kids at home.

Pam Shriver

I love women's tennis, and I want it to do well. But I don't want to pander. I don't have to be warm and fuzzy. I just want to be respected.

Pam Shriver

But politics is something that would require so much of me. I'm a public figure now, but as a politician... It's more likely that I'll become a sportscaster than a politician.

Pam Shriver

I am so worried about my shoulder, which aches now as I write. The pain is frightening because of its intensity. I want so much to get rid of this pain. I must be strong. I must be strong.

Pam Shriver

I feel like the NBA, WNBA, tennis and basketball have really been at the forefront of social justice and pushing for change from the athlete platform.

Pam Shriver