Taylor Fritz Quotes

What's a dancer's worst enemy? Sometimes it's age, but sometimes it's the dancer themselves.

I sometimes fall into the trap of doing what I think I should be doing rather than what I want to be doing.

Right through to the end of the last World Cup game, I still couldn't bear the thought of not being perfect or letting people down.

I don't want to be a fulfilled woman.

There's the hardest thing - when you cannot be as athletic or perform at a level you really want to. Your mind is telling you, but your body is not allowing you.

My teammates don't see it, but deep down I find it tough to sit there and not influence big games.

It's just been really hard, 'cause I had a really hard year in 2012 where I had to have triple hernia surgery, and I was out of commission for a year; I couldn't walk, I couldn't sing, I couldn't do anything with work. So it was kind of a rough year.

I love being on tour. That's the best job in the world, if only I had a different body.

I'm terrible at basketball. I have really small hands, and I can't control the ball.

You can be in the league and still feel like you're not in the league. That was the point I was at when I left Toronto.

For me, I think one of the biggest battles is mentally. You have good days, and you have bad days. Randomly, you'll feel good for weeks, and then all of a sudden, you'll have a bad day where you're really sore. And you end up questioning yourself, like, 'Am I doing the right thing? Why is this so hard?'

Everyone I know, including myself, has missed or lost an audition.

As an adult, I had to accept that I was not a natural distance runner. Anything more than about 400 metres had me gasping and wheezing like a broken accordion.

Nothing hits harder than that: nothing more frustrating than your body giving up on you before your heart does.

After you win, people expect you to always play so good. When that doesn't happen, it's hard to deal with.

I'm very hard on myself. Sometimes too hard on myself. When I lost in the Wimbledon finals, I was so sad, I cried. I had the runner-up trophy! It's still a great accomplishment, but I was so mad.

I haven't felt like I ever had a chance to blossom into the player and the person I want to be in Orlando. It's almost like I've been held down every time.

You want to do it on your own terms - not to be forced out because your body breaks down. I had to quit because of injury and I was crying for weeks. I used to wake up in the morning and think 'what am I getting up for now?'

I was a professional and did my best to prepare for every fight, but after PRIDE Grand Prix, to be honest, I didn't have motivation to go on.

When I perform as a solo, I think a lot about what I always wanted to do but have not done yet.

You always feel pressure to do your best, and when you know that the story revolves around you, it can become very overwhelming.

Sometimes I feel I'm being animated, but it comes off differently. Unfortunately, I was cursed with these sleepy eyes.

Everything that I hate about myself goes away when I was onstage.

I put a lot of pressure on myself. Sometimes you are your own worst enemy.

Behind the driven person is just an enormous amount of misery. You have to be miserable with the status quo to want to change it.