Steffi graf

The tennis wasn't really very much on my mind, so it wasn't like I was thinking about it all the time.

I have always been guided by striving to show the best that I could. That is what kept me going in tennis and it is the same now.

It shifted attention away from that and I've never been someone who liked the attention from the media anyway.

I knew that maybe I couldn't be playing again, but I just wanted to get in physical shape.

I still take it seriously, but once I go out there I think I've got more relaxed and I think it shows.

I never hanker after the past - I prefer to devote myself to new tasks.

I've thrown away lots of my old diaries - you never know who might get their hands on them. But I have kept a few notes on the good old days.

I don't like the word 'businesswoman.' Perhaps 'committed mother' would be the best description.

I don't wake up every day and think about which tournaments I won and which titles I hold. It's something I don't care about.

My big dream was to work as a photographer for 'National Geographic.'