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219 Tennis player Quotes

In Majorca, I can be myself. I go to the supermarket and the cinema, and I am just Rafa. Everyone knows me, and it is no big deal. I can go all day - no photographs.

All Am Big Cinema
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If you don't lose, you cannot enjoy the victories. So I have to accept both things.

Accept Both Cannot Enjoy
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Hard courts are very negative for the body. I know the sport is a business and creating these courts is easier than clay or grass, but I am 100 per cent sure it is wrong.

Am Body Business Cent
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I was passionate about soccer. I still am. Odd, though - playing soccer always made me much more anxious than playing tennis. On soccer days, I'd be out of bed by 6 in the morning, all nervous. But I was always calm when it was time for a tennis match. I still don't know why.

About Always Am Anxious
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I am lucky because my family are comfortably off. My father has his own glass business.

Am Because Business Comfortably
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Why would I want a place of my own? Then I would have to things worry about, like doing laundry and having food in the fridge.

About Doing Food Fridge
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My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help to me.

Aggressive Always Being Help
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I normally listen to Spanish music - well, Latin music. I like a lot of singers.

Latin Like Listen Lot
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I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.

Court Only Superstitious Tennis
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I'm always searching for new music, and I change what I listen to on a regular basis.

Always Basis Change Listen
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I don't have any idols, any heroes, nothing, no.

Any Heroes Idols Nothing
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I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.

About Am Been Comfortable
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I always like to win. But I'm the big sister. I want to make sure she has everything, even if I don't have anything. It's hard. I love her too much. That's what counts.

Always Anything Big Counts
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If you're not a competitor, you've just got to go home.

Competitor Go Go Home Got
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Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.

Being Being Happy Course Happy
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Some people say that I have an attitude- Maybe I do. But I think that you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does- that makes you a winner right there.

Attitude Believe Believe In Yourself Does
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When you lose, you're more motivated. When you win, you fail to see your mistakes and probably no one can tell you anything.

Anything Fail Lose Mistakes
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When you're on top, you're on top.
Top You
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It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.

Before Dad Dream His
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I don't come to tournaments to make friends, to go to parties, to hold conversations. I come to be the best, and I'm not mean and cruel and dirty.

Best Come Conversations Cruel
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If you look at me, I'm very tall but I'm not huge or muscular. I tend to be slim and you know, I actually can lose weight quicker than I can gain it.

Actually Gain Huge I Can
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As far as everyone else's opinion, I mean, if I would have thought that everyone was right, I probably wouldn't have left Compton, so I don't get too caught up on what the next person thinks.

As Far As Caught Else Everyone
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I think I've been fortunate to be at the top of the game and in the media for years, and a lot of times, people want to be your friend when you're on the top. You know, there have been times when I've been injured and I never got a phone call. So that's the way it is

Been Call Fortunate Friend
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The big push for me is the Olympics this year. If I'm healthy, I'm not worried about my ranking. I think I can hit the ball. It's just about my body cooperating. It's about being able to play matches in a row. Right now, I'm not sure how much I can do with that, but we'll see.

Able About Ball Being
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I have been recently diagnosed with Sjogren's Syndrome, an autoimmune disease which is an ongoing medical condition that affects my energy level and causes fatigue and joint pain.

Affects Been Causes Condition
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Losses have propelled me to even bigger places, so I understand the importance of losing. You can never get complacent because a loss is always around the corner. It's in any game that you're in - a business game or whatever - you can't get complacent.

Always Any Around Because
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For years I felt that I didn't have enough stamina and then, four years ago, I felt like I was not getting enough air but I was diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma. The medicine for asthma never worked.

Air Asthma Diagnosed Enough
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Unfortunately the world is what it is now. People don't get along for whatever reason. As professional athletes, in a way we're almost ambassadors for peace, because sports brings everyone together.

Almost Along Ambassador Athletes
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In the sports arena I would say there is nothing like training and preparation. You have to train your mind as much as your body.

Arena Body Like Mind
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Interior design is a business of trust.
Business Design Interior Trust
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Some people say I have attitude - maybe I do... but I think you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does - that makes you a winner right there.

Attitude Believe Believe In Yourself Does
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Right now, I'm at the top of the world in my game so my focus isn't on when I'm going to end. My focus is on playing the best tennis that I can, and there is no end to that.

Best End Focus Game
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It's what I've trained for, from the first sketch to the fabric. Making dresses that are different from the usual style, and a lot of fun to wear.

Different Dresses Fabric First
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All those lessons that I've learned on the court, I have applied them to my life outside of the court in business, my company, called V Starr interiors, an interior design company, and EleVen, which I wear on court.

Applied Business Company Court
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My dresses are designed to win, so going through it, I think about, what do I want to represent? So, definitely, Vera Wang has been an inspiration for me.

About Been Definitely Designed
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Oh and Oh' is a tennis term... It's a nice way of saying you took your opponent to pieces.

Nice Nice Way Oh Opponent
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I'm only seeing tennis balls these days. And maybe the occasional fashion sketch.

Balls Days Fashion Maybe
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Since I started playing at the Olympics in 2000, I have always wanted to do a dress based on Wonder Woman. It should be interesting to wear. And hopefully, it will get me a gold medal.

Always Based Dress Get
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My style is kind of eclectic and I don't like to do the same thing over and over again. I like to have fun and explore myself so you won't see the same design.

Again Design Eclectic Explore
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The principle of the design - the harmony, rhythm and balance are all the same with interior and fashion design.

Balance Design Fashion Harmony
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I say accessorize, accessorize, accessorize. If you don't accessorize, someone else will.

Else Say Someone Will
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I'm not a trend person. I don't want to look to my right and see somebody in the same thing.

Look Person Right Same
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I don't carry a purse when I fly because I have my Hello Kitty carry-on. I'm the biggest adult supporter.

Adult Because Biggest Carry
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Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our tennis right now. I think tennis has been a sport where people play this insane schedule from 14 years old, so of course at 26, it's over. We've really paced ourselves.

Been Career Course Done
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No TV, no acting for me. I'm kind of a more behind-the-scenes kind of woman even though what I do is very public. I'm really low-key and I don't need to be the center of attention.

Acting Attention Center Even
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If I don't wear something I feel confident in, I don't play as well.

Confident Feel I Feel Play
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To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.

Interested Mix Other Stay
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Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.

Before Course Even Go
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My goal is always the same: to keep the other player from ever scoring a point. That doesn't always happen, but that's what I try for.

Always Ever Goal Happen
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Everyone makes their own comments. That's how rumors get started.

Comments Everyone Get How
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