Madison Keys Quotes

"Setting a goal, accomplishing it, and feeling good about yourself can help build confidence and perseverance."

"I don't really identify myself as white or African-American. I'm just me. I'm Madison."

"I think no matter who you are, or what you do, just be nice."

"I think it's definitely hard for the people who just out of nowhere come in and they do really well and all of the sudden the spotlight is on them."

"Serena's always been one of the best, and she will forever be one of the best tennis players in women's tennis."

"Being away from the game and just remembering why I love competing and all of that, I think it helped me tremendously."

"I think it's especially hard when you start at an academy, because everything is decided for you. And then when you go with U.S.T.A., there's only so many decisions you can make."

"I will never be able to say 'Yeah, O.K., I'm good,' you know? I will always want more, and more, and more."

"Accept others for their differences, what makes them different. That's what makes the world the world."

"I know it's a cheesy thing to say, but I just want everyone to be able to get along."

"There's just so much girl-on-girl hate. It happens to start in high school, and then it builds and gets bigger and bigger, and it seems like for some reason there's this mentality that if another girl does well, she's taking my spot."

"No one who has gotten second place at a Grand Slam is ever like, 'Yeah, now I feel fine about it.' Everyone wants the other trophy. But it inspires you to work harder and get yourself in that position again so that you can use what you've learned."

"Sometimes it takes work to find a great group of friends whom you feel super comfortable and confident with."

"Sometimes I have lapses of attention, and I can lose some points very quickly - that's been a big thing for him."

"Being an American, we're very lucky that all of the attention is very rarely just on one person. Unless you're Serena - then it's on you all the time."

"I think when I start thinking about results, I stop playing the right way because I start getting too nervous."

"Being able to rely on the matches I've won - at first they surprised me - but I've slowly been able to build confidence."

"Love' is a big step. It's a big word. You have to work your way to it."

"My first U.S. Open main draw, it was a big stadium and I wasn't really used to it."

"When I have a nice rhythm going, and I have my toss in the right spot, when everything is kind of working how it's supposed to be, I think it's just really easy, you know, and I don't have to overthink on it."

"I think my biggest thing is learning when to hit which serve when, not doing the exact same thing over and over. Because O.K., great, it's 120 miles per hour, but they're standing right there, and they just block it back."

"There is nothing like Wimbledon. When I think about tennis, I think about this tournament."

"Wimbledon just is the epitome of tennis."

"My nerves tend to dissipate once the match starts. When I know I've practiced as much as I can and I do my best and leave it all out there, I feel OK no matter what happens."

"It's not the end of the world if I lose. I try to keep it all in perspective."

"I definitely have been working a lot on the mental side of my game."

"We do get to do what we love. I think that's really special, and I think sometimes we get really caught up in the winning and the losing and rankings. And at the end of the day, we get to play a sport that we love for our jobs."

"Since I came on the tour so young and I won my first match, I've had a lot of comments like 'You'll be a top player one day.' I got to the point where, as nice as it was to hear that, I almost stopped listening to it. I was almost putting added pressure on myself."

"I think I'll always consider the Quad Cities home."

"Everyone else wants to hear 'I wanna be Top 5,' or 'I want to be winning a Grand Slam.' Those are all goals of mine, but I'm not going to put a time limit on them."