Martina Hingis Quotes
I grew up on the tennis court with lots of other kids. There were like 40 kids all afternoon and I was one of the youngest ones, so I always had to chase everybody to keep up.
I think it`s just everything turned out well if you have the right people around you, you realize the support they give you and the trust too.
We had a poster of the Davis Cup in 1986. It was in Prague, the Czech Republic against Sweden, and we went to watch, so I got the poster. You couldn`t get all the posters. You were lucky if you got one.
I think the whole boycott thing was a bit too much. It`s because we`re accomplished so much in women`s tennis in the last two, three years. We deserve something better.
But sometimes you just don`t do well.
The older you get, the more you learn.
I have good anticipation, and good reaction to the the ball because I`ve played so many matches in my life.
I think it was like sometimes in life things happen and you try to change them and if you learn from mistakes, it`s always a good thing.
I had to start working on myself to be a little bit more in the lifting room and doing the fitness to keep up with the big girls.
No, because I think I have a reason to believe in myself and I think I`m also pretty confident about who I am and what I`m doing and it might be because I`m still at the top too.
I didn`t have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.
That`s one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there`s more jealousy in Switzerland because it`s so little and they don`t have so many athletes.
Everybody wants to grow up sometime. And you have to experience that maybe it`s not going to work out the way you expected it to.
Well, maybe at home I don`t have the best image.
At that point, it just was very flowing, I didn`t even think about it. I just went on court and did my thing and I was very happy doing it.
I really enjoy it with a passion, it`s not only a job, it`s the thing you want to do, you want to be successful and you want to do well.
I like fast cars. And I like champions.
I think just to be more patient sometimes - that you can`t have everything at once, but learn to deal with your feelings a little bit better.
Sometimes I wouldn`t give an interview because I didn`t have the time or something else was more important. So they come up with a story which I don`t think is always true, but they have to sell papers.
I`ve lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German.
He is still my father. He is still a person I know I could trust and he would never do anything against me. Once you`re at the top, there are not many people like that. People always want something from you.
I don`t think it`s a low point being in the finals of the French Open, three points away from the victory.
I always give Lindsay so much credit for her tennis game, for her attitude, for her person, and because of how she deals with all the things. I don`t think people give her enough credit for how well she`s doing.
Honestly, I`m more into the computer, the Internet, and checking out scores or the news.
The game overall has gotten so much better, stronger, more physical parts to the game.
I still think I have the speed and the variations also to win the matches, but it`s very good competition and also a great challenge for me too.
The first point is always to believe in it when you go on court and then you have the chances to win.
I went through very emotional things this year, like being in the French Open finals already feeling like you got it and kind of losing it.
I still speak Czech with my parents because I was born there.
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.
I`m glad you`re doing this story on us and not on the WNBA. We`re so much prettier than all the other women in sports.
When I was 4 my mother got divorced and we were very close to each other. I always wanted to be with her. She took me everywhere. When she went for dinner with friends or when they had meetings at the tennis club, I was always there.
Right now I like baseball, hockey and tennis players. And horseback riders.
The top players talk more now, and we have more meetings. We`re just trying to get things better. But we still need somebody who could make a difference.
Now that I beat Lindsay I feel much better.
Any tournament you go to, you want to win it.
I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me.
Sometimes you want to make your own experiences.
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