Lindsay Davenport Quotes

#1. Anna Kournikova will always be better paid than Lindsay Davenport. The first left the circuit without having won a single title while the second was world number one.

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#2. I wasn't a perfect thing at 17. I didn't have confidence. I was hunched over and real embarrassed, and I didn't want to be in the limelight. But it changed over time.

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#3. [On a strained relationship between a tennis champion and her mother:] There comes a time when it's probably not cool for your mom to be your best friend.

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#4. I was never a prodigy.

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#5. I donate lots to charity. I don't necessarily tell everybody the number or what I do.

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#6. No. At the States we get no matches that are played in Europe on TV.

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#7. Tennis is more commercial these days.

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#8. With my child, I hardly watch TV now.

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#9. I'm proud of myself. I'm a relieved, happy girl.

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#10. I don't enjoy being in Europe for weeks on end, so I just skip it.

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#11. In the history of women's tennis the great players have come back from long absences with no problems.

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#12. I don't think I should be underestimated.

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#13. We get criticized for showing no personality, then we get penalized when we do.

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#14. I could never have gotten back into my career without the undying support of my husband, who works full time at a stressful job! We decided that we were going to do this as total partners and it is a 50/50 deal with us.

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#15. I couldn't imagine being from a country where all the pressure is on a particular player.

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#16. I think I'm pretty down to earth.

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#17. While I was always successful ... I never thought I'd be one in the world.

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#18. Nobody wants to go through divorce, especially when there's young children involved.

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#19. I'm not that interesting!

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#20. While I still have more good days than bad days, I'm going to keep playing.

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#21. I always tried to hide the fact that I was an athlete. I just wanted to be normal.

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#22. I come from a family of working women, my mum went to work two weeks after I was born - my parents had no money, there was no choice.

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#23. Some times you lose more than you win. It's about handling losses and trying to turn them into positives. You get out into the big leagues and there's a period of adjustment to be made. You've got to handle it.

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#24. You work your whole life to try to be the best you can, even if it's for only one day or one week.

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#25. I never had tons of friends on tour. I was quiet and went about my business.

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#26. You always see people coming back to the sport, and I've always thought, 'Gosh, when you're done playing, wouldn't you just want to stay at home?'

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#27. I've played too many tennis hours.

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#28. I did everything I could except win. I feel fine. I just played bad at a big time.

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#29. The return is one of the hardest shots to make when you come back from injury.

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#30. I did not grow up with people, you know, pounding in my head, 'This is what you've got to do, this is what you're going to do.'

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#31. I TiVo 'CSI,' 'CSI: Miami,' 'Grey's Anatomy,' 'Young and The Restless' - my husband hates that one - and that's pretty much it.

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