I appreciate very much being injury-free.
I had a lot of different thoughts and ideas and always to transform, but I'm trying certain things that I feel my heart is really going for and that was one of the things that I initiated a few months ago.
I knew that maybe I couldn't be playing again, but I just wanted to get in physical shape.
I know where I'm coming from and what I've achieved, so I think I'm very stable in that so it doesn't bother me.
I never look back, I look forward.
I still take it seriously, but once I go out there I think I've got more relaxed and I think it shows.
I think it takes people to get to know you and the recognition comes over time.
I've been taught very early on that if you want to win a tournament you've got to beat anybody, and hopefully I play well and enjoy it.
It is difficult for me always to let go, and I am still eager, but I'm taking things maybe a little lighter at times.
It shifted attention away from that and I've never been someone who liked the attention from the media anyway.
It's definitely a different generation and if you look at Venus and Serena they are physically just so much stronger, and they are all starting to use different racquets now, the bigger ones, which help give more power.
It's so difficult to find time besides the tennis.
Melbourne is one of my favourite cities - honestly.
No, I've never been one for the records.
The tennis wasn't really very much on my mind, so it wasn't like I was thinking about it all the time.
Yeah, because I did have a few weeks off with my wrist surgery, and I didn't expect to be back so quickly and then so well.
Before retiring, Steffi played in 8 U.S. Open women's singles finals.
She is 5 feet, 9 inches tall. (1.75 m)
With Steffi's strong forehand tennis swing, she earned the nickname of "Fraulein Forehand".
Some of Steffi's hobbies include art, music, and photography.
In 1999 she won "Female Sports Award of the Last Decade" by ESPY.
In 1986, Steffi was awarded "Newcomer of the Year" on the WTA tour.
With her success on the tennis courts, Steffi became the highest earning woman athlete.
Her astrological sign is Gemini.
In 1988, Steffi won her only Grand Slam doubles tournament (at The Championships at Wimbledon).
Steffi is the only tennis player, male or female, to defeat players seeded 1, 2, and 3 in Grand Slam Tournaments
Steffi played on the German team for three different Olympic Games, in 1988 (in Seoul), 1992 (in Barcelona), and 1996 (in Atlanta).
The last Grand Slam that Steffi won was the French Open in 1999.
Through the course of her career, Steffi was ranked #1 for 377 weeks, which is longer than any player, male or female, since the rankings were first impelemented.
Through the course of her career, Steffi won $21,895,277.
Steffi picked up her first tennis racket and started to play when she was 3.
At the 1992 Barcelona Oylmpic games, Steffi won the Silver Medal in women's singles tennis.
Steffi was named the Associated Press female athlete of the year in 1989.
Steffi's favorite tournament to play in was Wimbledon.
Through the course of her tennis career, Steffi won 107 singles titles and 11 doubles titles.
She has been married to Andre Agassi since October 22, 2001.
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