I have good anticipation, and good reaction to the the ball because I’ve played so many matches in my life.

Meaning of the quote

The more you practice playing a sport, the better you become at anticipating and reacting quickly to the ball. Martina Hingis, a talented Czechoslovakian athlete, says that she is good at these skills because she has played many matches throughout her life. The more you play, the more experience you gain, and the better you can read the game and respond to what's happening.

About Martina Hingis

Martina Hingis is a Swiss former professional tennis player who was the first Swiss player, male or female, to win a major title and attain a world No. 1 ranking. She is considered an all-time tennis great, having won 25 major titles and spending over 200 weeks as the world’s top-ranked singles player.

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Now that I beat Lindsay I feel much better.

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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.

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I didn’t have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.

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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.

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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.

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Well, maybe at home I don’t have the best image.

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Honestly, I’m more into the computer, the Internet, and checking out scores or the news.

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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.

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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.

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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

Swiss tennis player

The first point is always to believe in it when you go on court and then you have the chances to win.

Martina Hingis

Swiss tennis player

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

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I’ve lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German.

Martina Hingis

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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

Swiss tennis player

I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me.

Martina Hingis

Swiss tennis player

The older you get, the more you learn.

Martina Hingis

Swiss tennis player

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

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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

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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

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Sometimes you want to make your own experiences.

Martina Hingis

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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

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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

Swiss tennis player

I have good anticipation, and good reaction to the the ball because I’ve played so many matches in my life.

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The game overall has gotten so much better, stronger, more physical parts to the game.

Martina Hingis

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Right now I like baseball, hockey and tennis players. And horseback riders.

Martina Hingis

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Any tournament you go to, you want to win it.

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I still speak Czech with my parents because I was born there.

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