Martina Hingis Quotes
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I've been on top longer and I am younger. I'm just better.
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Right now I like baseball, hockey and tennis players. And horseback riders.
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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.
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A lot of these young girls, they dont even know what the game is about. They have never seen a drop shot, a slice and all the mixture and variety I have.
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I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.
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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.
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I still think I have the speed and the variations also to win the matches, but its very good competition and also a great challenge for me too.
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Playing (Serena) it always felt like playing a steamroller. No subtlety, no finesse, just raw, loud power. To respect this style of play was always a bit tough for me, but of course I had to, because the rules of tennis dont state that having a beautiful game is required to become No. 1.
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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.
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I've lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German.
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I did things I should not have done. But people make mistakes, especially at my age, when you feel you are so smart, but in fact you are an asshole.
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Now that I beat Lindsay I feel much better.
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Being black only helps them. Many times they get sponsors because they are black. And they have had a lot of advantages because they can always say, 'It's racism.' They can always come back and say, 'Because we are this color, things happen.'
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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.
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I was never happy that my injuries cut my career short and ultimately forced my decision to step away from tennis. I have enjoyed my time away from the court, a period that has allowed me to experience a different side of life. However, I miss the game and the challenge of competing at the highest level of tennis, and I want to gauge whether I can stay healthy and compete against today's top players.
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I don't think it's a low point being in the finals of the French Open, three points away from the victory.
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The older you get, the more you learn.
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What rivalry? I win all the matches.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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I've always said I'm a good horse but I'm still an underdog.
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Sometimes you want to make your own experiences.
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Before I was the hunter. Now I'm the hunted.
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And the '99 finals at the French - if I had won that one easily, no one would have talked about it.
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I've never had big problems about being long on the court. During the U.S. Open I played three events (singles, doubles, mixed doubles) and some people asked me if I want to stay overnight on the court.
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Well, maybe at home I don't have the best image.
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One day you can be a kid, but another day you have to be like this is your job, you play tennis. You have to work for that.
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I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me.
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I feel a quarter Indian.
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