Martina Hingis Quotes

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

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.

What rivalry? I win all the matches.

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

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.

The older you get, the more you learn.

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

I feel a quarter Indian.

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

I'm sure she wants revenge. I'll just try not to let that happen.

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

I don't think it's a low point being in the finals of the French Open, three points away from the victory.

Sometimes you want to make your own experiences.

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

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 like fast cars. And I like champions.

I've always said I'm a good horse but I'm still an underdog.

Right now I like baseball, hockey and tennis players. And horseback riders.

And the '99 finals at the French - if I had won that one easily, no one would have talked about it.

Before I was the hunter. Now I'm the hunted.

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

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 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.

Now that I beat Lindsay I feel much better.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.