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

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Martina Hingis
Age: 44
Born: 1980
Born: September 30
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Martina Hingisová
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Any tournament you go to, you want to win it.
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I went through very emotional things this year, like being in the French Open finals already feeling like you got it and kind of losing it.
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And the '99 finals at the French - if I had won that one easily, no one would have talked about it.
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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.
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Before I was the hunter. Now I'm the hunted.
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I've never had big problems about being long on the court. During the U.S. Open I played three events (singles, doubles, mixed doubles) and some people asked me if I want to stay overnight on the court.
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I've been on top longer and I am younger. I'm just better.
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One day you can be a kid, but another day you have to be like this is your job, you play tennis. You have to work for that.
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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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I am number one in the world, so I have the right to be arrogant
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I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me.
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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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I've always said I'm a good horse but I'm still an underdog.
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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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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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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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Sometimes you want to make your own experiences.
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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 still think I have the speed and the variations also to win the matches, but its very good competition and also a great challenge for me too.
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