Tennis Player Quotes

"I read French much better than I speak."

"I once rode a motorcycle across Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco!"

"One of my assets is my fitness. My fitness around the net and my movement: that's my defense to the power."

"Sport's always a good thing - it's healthy, and it takes your mind off other things."

"I want children, but at the moment the liberty I have now finally, has a far too high value."

"Now I have the bravery to do fine things."

"The difficult part was to tell the world that I was finishing."

"I never thought tennis was going to give me so much satisfaction."

"When I got to match point in the final I was afraid I'd be a little nervous, but I just said, You have to stay focused, just think about what you have to do."

"It's a great moment for Argentinean tennis, more on the men's side. I would like to see more on the women's side. I think we have to work a little bit more on that."

"For me retiring wasn't hard once I knew that that was the decision I was going to make."

"I can't laugh, be happy, present myself at any prize and also win on the centre court."

"I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket."

"I didn't know what was going through my mind."

"I felt nobody would understand what was going on in my mind."

"I have an office in Argentina, I go there every day, so I work."

"I lost more then 6 kilograms when I ceased with the top sport. That were all muscles. They are now gone."

"I played Mary Joe Fernandez in the semifinals. She was winning the first set. Second set was very close. I started to play this aggressive game. I think I surprised them."

"I served, she came to the net, it was a passing shot."

"I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence."

"I travel a lot to promote the perfumes and to do the commercials."

"I want not, that everybody hears about. Then I can't longer be myself."

"I was a very shy and introverted person, and it was hard for me to talk to people and make relationships."

"I was feeling a lot of confidence, so I wanted to take advantage of that and keep playing."

"I was formerly so stuck into plans. I can now live more spontaneously. This I want not yet to give away."

"I work out in a studio. Every day, regardless where I am, at least two hours. I need it. I can't cease it."

"I'm having a good time. Managing my things takes a lot of time."

"It came so soon and so fast. It's just overwhelming. Every time I think about it, I just can't believe it."

"It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with psychologists to try and see what was happening. They pushed me really hard."

"It's amazing, it doesn't feel like it has been 10 years since retirement."