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I always try to find the positives in losing a match, but it's not always easy.
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If you start to hesitate with your game, if you start to not go completely with your plan, then it's tough to play your best tennis.
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I grew up surrounded by tennis, so I was obviously more interested in it than football - particularly as it's the most popular sport.
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Tennis is a big puzzle. It's not any more physical or mental; you have to have all the pieces first, and then you have to put all the pieces together. For me, it took me time.
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My body is for my tennis - it's for my sport. I'm not a model at all. I don't work out to go to the beach: I work out to play well and to do well on the court.
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Stress is part of your career. You have to accept it and deal with it because there is a lot of emotion in tennis.
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I know if I want to have a chance to beat the top players, I need to be mentally ready for that.
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I think I love my sport. I enjoy to play tennis. It's my passion.
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Every minute counts. Being on time or not can mean the difference of a win or a loss and even of something positive or negative happening in life.
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As a tennis player, you have to get used to losing every week. Unless you win the tournament, you always go home as a loser. But you have to take the positive out of a defeat and go back to work. Improve to fail better.
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It doesn't matter the way you're playing, especially the beginning of a grand slam. It doesn't change anything.