I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people. Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody.
“My father still is a lawyer, and my mom was a teacher and then later a career counselor.”
“Real estate sales was perfect training for the experience to go into public life because you learn to accept rejection, learn to meet new people, learn to work with people and find common ground. That's the way you sell houses... that's also the way you win over constituency.”