Marion Bartoli Quotes

When you play the Grand Slam, you have just to give everything you have.

I do play tennis, but I don't really like competition. I'm supposed to be so intense, but I hate competition.

In tennis it's easy to get greedy - and one Grand Slam doesn't feel enough any more.

Once you are on court, everything is different. I focus on the match.

Women's tennis is very open. You really never know who going to be there.

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

I've always said that winning a Grand Slam title is what is most important.

I try not to make a habit of spending the whole year losing in the first rounds of events, but tennis is one of those sports where nothing is guaranteed.

Tennis is a tough sport - a long year, a lot of matches, a lot of travelling. It's not easy so being mentally tough is a big attribute. It doesn't come easy, you have to work on it.

I always have to play very aggressive on the court. It's something that's easier said than done.

In tennis, you can have a bad set and still win. The part of track cycling that is difficult to find in other sports is that it's so final; there's no second chance if you make a mistake.

The tennis challenger starts strong but soon loses confidence in his playing. The champion racks up the games. But in the final set, when the challenger has nothing left to lose, he becomes relaxed again, insouciant, daring. Suddenly he's playing like the devil and the champion must work hard to get those last points.

There's no better stage than the U.S. Open for me

Basically, it's just fatigue, ... I've run out of gas a little bit. I've played a lot this summer, and the body's just telling me I'm fatigued.

The great part about tennis is you can't run out the clock.... As long as we were still playing, I had a chance.

The US Open flag eliminates a lot of players. Some players just weren't meant to win the US Open. Quite often, they know it.

Tennis is the loneliest sport.

Pressure? Well it ain't hitting in forty-four straight games, because I done that and it was fun. The playoffs are pressure.

People think this is all about the top players hitting tenins balls and they talk about technique and strategy and how important that is. But they don't understand the essence of competition. This is one-on-one, two players out there fighting each other with everything they have, trying to bring the best out of themselves. And the difference at this level of the game is all in the head and in the heart.

Is it raining? That doesn't matter. Am I tired? That doesn't matter, either. Then willpower will be no problem.

I don't know why, but I love the dog eat dog nature of tennis. It's real, it's brutal and there's no hiding place - it's like a one to one street fight. I love the intensity that comes with knowing you walk off court either a winner or a loser. It's daunting but very exciting. There is no one to blame except yourself, no one cares who comes second.

Nobody ever wins the National Open. Somebody loses it.

For me, losing a tennis match isn't failure, it's research.

I'm not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!

My bones are ringing the way sometimes people say their ears are ringing, I'm so tired.