Martina Hingis Quotes

I have good anticipation, and good reaction to the the ball because I’ve played so many matches in my life.

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.

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.

I like fast cars. And I like champions.

I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me.

Well, maybe at home I don’t have the best image.

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.

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.

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.

What rivalry? I win all the matches.

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’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.

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.

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.’

I still speak Czech with my parents because I was born there.

The first point is always to believe in it when you go on court and then you have the chances to win.

Any tournament you go to, you want to win it.

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.

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 am number one in the world, so I have the right to be arrogant

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.

The older you get, the more you learn.

I’ve lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German.

Honestly, I’m more into the computer, the Internet, and checking out scores or the news.

I didn’t have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.

Sometimes you want to make your own experiences.

I’ve been on top longer and I am younger. I’m just better.

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.

The game overall has gotten so much better, stronger, more physical parts to the game.

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.