Garbine Muguruza Quotes
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To be able to make other girls play - and hopefully in Latin America as well - is very important to me.
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For us, the Grand Slams are very important. When the Grand Slams come, you're thinking, 'OK, this is the tournament.' To lose there is disappointing.
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It is hard because I have played since I was three years old, and everything is tennis, tennis. I am super-passionate about it. And I love it. But I always like to cook, I listen to music. I just try to be like a regular girl.
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For sure, people are looking more at what I'm doing, but I think that's fine. It's a good sign. I like it.
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I think I'm always nervous, even if I play not on the center court.
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If you want to win a Grand Slam, when you dream, you say, 'I want Serena in the final.'
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I was always following my brothers. If my brothers hadn't played, I never would have picked up a racket. Tennis isn't the most popular sport in Venezuela.
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When you're a kid and practice on clay, you're always, 'Oh, I wish I could win Roland Garros.'
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People only see two hours of a tennis match where you're fighting and running and sometimes getting upset. There's a lot more than those two hours. Going out there and playing is actually the easy part.
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With the time, as I was growing up and I got taller and my arms were longer, I developed this aggressive style because I think it was better for me, for my style of game.
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When you win, everything is so beautiful, and when you don't, it's not, so everything is darker.
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To see that I'm on a good path, that I'm improving, is what I want to feel.
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For me, it has an extra value to be able to beat the Williams sisters in the finals, because they are just so good. For me, it's proof of being literally the best player in the tournament.
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I'm not afraid to do long rallies. I like that.
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I adapt more to the match for the second set.
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I used to either lose in my first or second match or I would go very far in the tournament. So I've been saying to myself, 'Come on, you've got to get through these first two matches. They're very tough. Because afterwards you feel different.' So I'm really putting my energy into getting through to those later rounds.
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I like to have bright colors and to feel feminine on the court.
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New York is a very tricky city. I find it very noisy. It's a jungle, and it's very stressful at times, but I'm ready for it.
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In Spain, if you don't follow football, you're dead. You don't have conversation.
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I grew up, and my body was not like a Spanish player. I was tall. I had a powerful game; my arms were long, so I'm like, 'No, you can't play like Spanish players.'
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Who would I think is the favorite? Well, to be honest, I think the top players. We are all very close, very equal.
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I don't want to retire before the tournament starts for me.
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Once you taste the sweet honey, you want more of that.
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It's so rewarding to succeed in what you like to do that you don't really think about what you have to give up.