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I just want to have fun.
I'm like a kid: I love dessert.
I don't really care how I sound.
I want to be my son's superhero.
I'm not a big fan of watching my matches.
Nobody will tell me what I can or I cannot do.
I hope I was a good example of women's tennis.
Seeing Messi play is like watching a video game.
I love New York. It's one of my favorite cities.
You cannot be in pretend for people to like you.
Deep down inside, I know I'm a very good person.
I don't drink alcohol. I only really drink water.
I'll never be like a Barbie girl, that's for sure.
I always take things step by step and match by match.
My grandmother is the person who inspires me the most.
I have learned how to better handle things as they come.
You have to go through rough patches to achieve great things
You know, I think I'm the worst player to talk to about statistics.
I feel like when the task is more difficult for me it's more exciting.
I wouldn't say I let myself down, just sometimes it doesn't go your way.
I like to go shopping, to the movies, all the girl stuff. Just a normal girl.
It's true that being in an individual sport, you have to be a little bit selfish.
I always wanted to be an actress. I think that is something that I could be pretty good at.
New York has their own character. I love the fans here. They are very honest, and I love that.
That's what I love about kids. They don't care about anything else but who you are as a person.
I don't feel 25 years old. Sometimes I feel I'm 12 years old. Sometimes I feel I'm 50 years old.
That intensity, that feeling of the battle, heat of the moment: personally, that's what I live for.
Trying your best is bringing your best... that's the way to do it! Desire and passion is everything.
Things are never perfect, so I never get too high about things, or get too down about things anymore.
Everybody has something to lose. You have points to lose. You have money to lose. You have opportunity to lose.
I love rock music, dance music, so it depends on my mood. But I mainly listen to dance music before going out on court.
I want to maximize my potential. And when I talk about that, don't get me wrong - I'm not talking about just making money.
I kind of put myself in this mindset where time doesn't really exist that much. There is no past or future. I just try to stay really in the present.
I have to feel OK with taking some time for myself, not feeling guilty that I don't spend my every free second with my son, which is sometimes tough.
I want to have my son be proud of me. I want to give him a good example that if you have a goal, and you have a dream, you can achieve it if you work hard.
I had to battle the doubts and fears for a while, but I committed to making sure that my strongest emotion was self-belief. Once I did that, I knew I would be OK.
Some people just look at opportunities and say, 'Maybe something better might come along; let's wait and see.' But you don't wait. You just grab it and go after it.
I was missing out on a lot of things that my friends were doing, but in another way, they were missing things I was doing. It was kind of a trade-off I had to make.
I think I've always been very good at taking advantage of the opportunities that have been given to me, because I didn't have many. Once I got one, I grabbed it with two hands.
I'm a sensitive person. I have a kind heart, you know, but I'm a fighter on the court and a competitor in life, so just to understand that and accept that can sometimes be really difficult.
Tennis court, the results, yes, it gives me a feeling of accomplishment and knowing that all the work I put in is working. It's a great feeling. But happiness is something way bigger than tennis.
I don't consider myself as a great painter; I just feel that art is about expressing your emotions and expressing your feelings, and music is the same way; you can see what other people are going through.
I'm my own toughest opponent. So I talk to myself. I curse at myself. I pump myself up. Whatever it takes to do. I don't really give a damn how it looks really because when I'm in the moment I need to be me.
When I see these kids 6 years old with a private coach, and at 7, they have a fitness coach, I'm like, 'Aw, come on.' At 12, it's for sure they will lose all the interest in tennis because they do not interact with other kids.
Awkward gestures, clumsy gestures, fist pumps. I just do whatever I feel like is right in the moment. If I need to be hyped, I'm hyped. If I need to talk to myself, I talk to myself. Whatever it takes to win, I'm going to do it.
I just want to be able to show who I really am, what I can do, bring awareness, create something because I want to take tennis, women's tennis, into an even more exciting path because I believe we have a lot more things to offer.
Compared to my physique before pregnancy, yes, I do feel different. I have worked really hard and changed a few things - not only my fitness regime but also my nutrition. When I think about it, being pregnant definitely helped my physique.
Somebody asked me at one stage, 'Are you depressed?' And I said, 'Are you kidding me? I'm not depressed.' But you know what? I was. I was, but I just didn't realize it, because all these things happen, and you just don't know how to deal with emotions.
There are so many steps you have to go through to reach a high level, so youre kind of building your own, I would say, mountain. You have to go piece by piece by piece. When youre young and really ambitious, you want to jump right up. It kind of teaches you a lesson, I would say.
There are so many steps you have to go through to reach a high level, so you're kind of building your own, I would say, mountain. You have to go piece by piece by piece. When you're young and really ambitious, you want to jump right up. It kind of teaches you a lesson, I would say.