Tennis Quotes
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Wimbledon is getting a bit too like Royal Ascot. It's not what happens or who wins so much, as what clothes do I have on.
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I always have a Sharpie, because usually when someone asks me for an autograph, they don't have a pen. I carry one in my purse, as well as in my tennis bag.
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When you're tired, you say, 'Hey, I need to rest from tennis or something.'
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Even if I play backgammon with my coach, I hate to lose. I won't talk to him for, like, an hour. So imagine how it feels when you lose at tennis. That makes me determined not to lose because I hate it so much. Even at a set down and match point, I always believe I can come back.
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I enjoy horse riding, tennis, yoga and running - it helps to clear my head, and I can do bits of yoga in between filming.
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I'd love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
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If I didn't love tennis, I wouldn't be playing. That's also why I don't know how long I will be playing because if I start feeling like this is not what I want to do anymore, that there's not really any reason anymore.
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I believe that one version of the good in life can be defined by the moments I sometimes had playing tennis as a sixteen-year-old. You'd be out on the court and for an hour, two hours, sometimes an entire roasting hot day, and every single thing you hit would go in. Hit that ball as hard as you wanted, wherever you wanted, and it went in.
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I went to play in Brazil when I had just turned 18 and was the world's top junior player. I got to the airport, and no one knew who I was. I couldn't speak any Portuguese, and no one spoke English. Then someone said something that resembled 'tennis,' and I went with that.
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I always had a powerful serve. It's one of the best in women's tennis. It's very good to have a weapon like that.
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Life is like a tennis game. You can't win without serving.
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I was in the tennis bubble. I wasn't thinking about the big picture. I didn't notice what they said on television, I wasn't reading any papers. I had a coach and a manager, and they kept me in the bubble.
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Tennis has given me this wonderful life and I'm very grateful for it.
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This is boxing, not tennis. Everyone likes a bit of rivalry, it makes for a good fight.
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Tennis is physical chess.
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I think the reason my relationship works so well with my dad is that we can separate our tennis lives from our personal lives.
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You're asking too much of the women. They shouldn't be playing as many events as men. If tennis is best served by women playing events with men, so be it.
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That's my every day: putting things aside and going out there and have two hours of concentration of tennis.
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I'm slightly influenced by sport in that I like the idea of trying, like an athlete, to keep absolutely ready. That's an emotional thing, almost. I don't mean physically, although I play tennis. But you try to keep yourself ready.
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My priority is always playing tennis and practising and doing my schedule with my tennis.
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As tennis players, you are never satisfied. We are greedy as players, always want better results.
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The week before the (US Open) I gave a few interviews for CNN, USA Network, New York Times, USA Today and Sports Illustrated which had been arranged beforehand. The reason for giving these interviews is not only because working with the media is just part of the job, it is much more my desire to contribute to the promotion of tennis in the U.S.
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Tennis is best of three sets, so even if I lose the first set, I still have a chance.
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I'm not saying I'm something special. I might play a little better tennis than other people, but it is because I was given the chance, and not many people are.
