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- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
You always want to win. That is why you play tennis, because you love the sport and try to be the best you can at it.
- Poetry
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whereas with poetry no one has to show anybody really, and you don't have to tell anyone you're doing it.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yes, you can feel very alone as a poet and you sometimes think, is it worth it? Is it worth carrying on? But because there were other poets, you became part of a scene. Even though they were very different writers, it made it easier because you were together.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
This year I guess I decided in the bigger matches to take it more to my opponent instead of waiting a bit more for the mistakes. Yeah, this is I guess how you want to win Wimbledon, is by going after your shots, believing you can do it, and that's what I was able to do today.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
Before, I guess, mum and dad were everything, but now, in my case, I had two new girls and all of a sudden they're completely dependent on you and there's a third generation. It's a funny shift all of a sudden. You have the babies, you have yourself and then you have your parents.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.
- Sometimes
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- Nov 07, 2020
I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you've already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don't know.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a sucker for those old traditional places, and Rome is as good as it gets, particularly when you throw in Italian food.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obviously, matches and all that stuff takes its toll on your body and so forth. But as you get sort of a bit older, a bit wiser, and a bit more experienced, you know also how to handle it.
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- Nov 07, 2020