Martina Hingis Quotes

Tennis has given me soul.

I'm competitive. I like to compete, and that's basically what the decathlon lets me do.

Tennis always fascinated me, because it made every demand: technology, tactics, physique, endurance. The competition of one against one has a very special charm.

I was an athlete, so I have kind of an athletic sensibility towards writing. I can work for many long hours without fatiguing.

Often I feel like I can run forever. If someone told me I had to run for 10 hours, I probably could.

Anyway I will go same road because I, I was born in gymnastics. This is my, how to say, my life and my duty.

Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing.

I was an athlete when I was growing up.

I'm pretty athletic and I play basketball a lot.

I'm a competitive person. I love the game of basketball. I'm a gym rat.

The forehands or backhands don't mean much after three hours.

Never played football, but I'm an athlete. I'm a competitor.

I don't know whether it's the athlete in me or the passion I have for the game: I always think that I can step back on the field and play.

I love sports. I love being active. I love challenging myself. I was a jock growing up from the time I could walk.

As long as I am able to compete physically with the younger players, I am going to play.

A major final to a tennis player is sacred ground. Short of any type of serious injury - soft-tissue tears, serious orthopedic injuries or a major illness like throwing up, dehydration or cramping - you keep going, especially in the final of a Slam.

I've always prided myself on being a football player.

You don't just have to be skilled and talented at tennis, but you have to be so physically strong.

Tennis is such a fun game. One of the things that I really like is that everything depends on you. Before certain matches, you might have those butterflies, but that's the excitement. There's a ton of emotion that you're going through.

If you're athletic and you can run, you can play defense. It's a mindset.

I think I have the ability to be athletic on both ends of the floor, so I just need to go out there and play with a lot of energy, a lot of enthusiasm.

Us players are supposed to dish it out for 90 minutes.

I want to play football out on the pitch. I am not different to anyone else and the ambition never changes.

You've got to be fit to box. In football, if you need a breather, your team-mate can take over. There's no one in the ring to help out.

I like to play tiebreaks, as that is when it gets interesting. Even when I was young, I enjoyed these kind of matches.