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Martina Hingis
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
About the author
The first point is always to believe in it when you go on court and then you have the chances to win.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#First
#Court
When I was 4 my mother got divorced and we were very close to each other. I always wanted to be with her. She took me everywhere. When she went for dinner with friends or when they had meetings at the tennis club, I was always there.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Friends
#Mother
#Meetings
#Tennis
The game overall has gotten so much better, stronger, more physical parts to the game.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
Well, maybe at home I don't have the best image.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Home
We had a poster of the Davis Cup in 1986. It was in Prague, the Czech Republic against Sweden, and we went to watch, so I got the poster. You couldn't get all the posters. You were lucky if you got one.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
The older you get, the more you learn.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
The top players talk more now, and we have more meetings. We're just trying to get things better. But we still need somebody who could make a difference.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Talk
#Now
#Trying
#Meetings
#Difference
I'm not saying I'm something special. I might play a little better tennis than other people, but it is because I was given the chance, and not many people are.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#People
#Chance
#Saying
#Play
#Tennis
That's one of the reasons I moved to Florida. Of course, the main reason is the weather and the training. But there's more jealousy in Switzerland because it's so little and they don't have so many athletes.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Reason
#Weather
#Training
#Athletes
#Jealousy
Sometimes I wouldn't give an interview because I didn't have the time or something else was more important. So they come up with a story which I don't think is always true, but they have to sell papers.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Time
Right now I like baseball, hockey and tennis players. And horseback riders.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Right
#Now
#Baseball
#Tennis
Now that I beat Lindsay I feel much better.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Now
No, because I think I have a reason to believe in myself and I think I'm also pretty confident about who I am and what I'm doing and it might be because I'm still at the top too.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Reason
#Pretty
I've lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Years
Sometimes you want to make your own experiences.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Want
I still speak Czech with my parents because I was born there.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Parents
I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Peace
#Mom
I grew up on the tennis court with lots of other kids. There were like 40 kids all afternoon and I was one of the youngest ones, so I always had to chase everybody to keep up.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Kids
#Court
#Tennis
I'm glad you're doing this story on us and not on the WNBA. We're so much prettier than all the other women in sports.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Women
#Sports
I think the whole boycott thing was a bit too much. It's because we're accomplished so much in women's tennis in the last two, three years. We deserve something better.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Years
#Women
#Tennis
I have good anticipation, and good reaction to the the ball because I've played so many matches in my life.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Life
#Anticipation
I don't think it's a low point being in the finals of the French Open, three points away from the victory.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Being
#Open
#Victory
I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Ability
#Mind
#Fitness
#Girls
I always give Lindsay so much credit for her tennis game, for her attitude, for her person, and because of how she deals with all the things. I don't think people give her enough credit for how well she's doing.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#People
#Attitude
#Deals
#Credit
#Tennis
Honestly, I'm more into the computer, the Internet, and checking out scores or the news.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Computer
#News
#Internet
He is still my father. He is still a person I know I could trust and he would never do anything against me. Once you're at the top, there are not many people like that. People always want something from you.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Want
#People
#Trust
#Father
Any tournament you go to, you want to win it.
Martina Hingis,
Czechoslovakian
Athlete
#Want