I had an American boyfriend, went to football GAMES, tennis TOURNAMENTS, and to my prom. I was so serious about my American boyfriend that I brought him BACK to Germany with me to VISIT my parents. They were HORRIFIED.

There are so many tournaments when I STARTED this WAY. I was so shy. I didn't really PLAY well. And then all of a sudden I found the very STRONG, POWERFUL Gael Monfils.

In juniors, you travel with about 12 other PLAYERS and you all go to the same tournaments and PRACTISE TOGETHER so it's LIKE being with your friends.

There was a time when my parents had to sell off a PLOT of land so that I can BUY a rifle for COMPETITIVE tournaments. After that we stayed in a rented house for the next 15 YEARS.

I moved to Spain, and at all the TOURNAMENTS I'd PLAY, I WOULD be really good in my age. That made me REALIZE that I could be a PRO.

I didn't PLAY JUNIORS, REALLY. I only played Roland Garros juniors and MAYBE some European tournaments.

I THINK we've always got to have a MIND of the FEELING for the supporters about the importance of each match. We've got to be CAREFUL not to make tournaments too big and then make qualifying too straightforward.

We have regularly won MEDALS at all TOURNAMENTS and I think after 'Dangal,' the craze for wrestling increased AMONG the GIRLS.

The 'Halo' series is my favorite. Me and my FRIENDS actually PLAYED in TOURNAMENTS and won some MONEY doing that when we were younger.

I was on a COMPETITIVE 'Halo' TEAM, and we WOULD enter TOURNAMENTS for MONEY.

I've ALWAYS LOVED Charleston. It's always been one of my FAVORITE TOURNAMENTS.

If you're not at the ELITE LEVELS there are a lot more OPPORTUNITIES to play tournaments.

When your friends win TOURNAMENTS it is GOOD for you in a WAY because it does fire you up. You see what it means to them and know you WOULD like to enjoy the same thing.

I just travel all the TIME. And I was just looking at the schedules now and starting the first WEEK of October I will be every WEEKEND with somebody at TOURNAMENTS through CHRISTMAS. So it gets very difficult to just go away and not do that.

During my 11-year coaching tenure, SAINT Joseph's won or tied for the Big Five championship SEVEN times, went to 10 postseason tournaments - including seven NCAA APPEARANCES - and REACHED the Final FOUR in 1961.