Sania Quotes

#1. But I may also be afraid.
I am afraid.
I have already read it. And, not to lie to you, I liked it. But I am afraid. I am not afraid of you, Fidelia, Sania, Ania. I am afraid of you.
(I put all this in my separate notebook. My doubtbook.)

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#2. I used to go swimming and passed the tennis courts every day, and that's how it started. My mum said, 'Why don't you play tennis in your summer holidays because you have nothing to do except swim for an hour or whatever?,' and that's how I started playing.

Sania Mirza

#3. One of the thrills of playing at the top tennis centres of the world is to see the Indian flag go up whenever I'm participating in these events. That's enough motivation for any Indian who has the opportunity to perform at these tournaments.

Sania Mirza

#4. Professional tennis has become an extremely physical and unbelievably competitive sport. Injuries are the bane of tennis players, and it goes with the territory.

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#5. I don't think I'm old enough or experienced enough to give anyone any guidance. All I would like say is that as long as you're having fun, I think you're doing the right thing.

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#6. As I came to the lime light, the media asked me many questions. A lot many moral policing ... 'Wear this, wear that, why a T-shirt?' Everybody has the right to form their opinions, and I have the right to ignore them.

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#7. I don't play tennis to prove a point to anyone. I play for my country and myself. It's not changing what people say or think. It's about what I can do. If I feel I have the ability to achieve something and haven't used my potential to that end, I'll keep trying till I succeed.

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#8. For some reason, every time I peak in my career, I injure myself. So, I'm constantly on the comeback trail.

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#9. I love salon days to pamper myself, do my nails.

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#10. One win, and you're on top of the world. Lose in the first round of the next tournament: you're back to reality.

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#11. Everyone dreams of playing Wimbledon and winning it. I am glad this dream came true for me so fast in my career. It feels great after so many years of struggle.

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#12. Negativity sells. I have been labelled a rebel. If I had been one, would I have got married at 23? Would I have been a straight A student?

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#13. Tennis players are very fortunate that unlike some disciplines of sport, in mega-sporting events like the Grand Slams, they have a huge platform to showcase their talents on the world stage once every few months.

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#14. Fitness is defined differently by everyone, but for me, the most important thing is being healthy. As tennis players, what we do is not the healthiest thing. We almost abuse our bodies.

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#15. I think being a woman celebrity is the hardest thing in India ... People will ask many things, what you wear, how you speak, when you will have a baby and other things.

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#16. For me it is a matter of pride that I have been born in the age in the which Tendulkar is playing

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#17. I will play with anyone for my country. I may have my personal preferences, but such preferences have never come in the way of playing for India.

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#18. I love any kind of food. I don't have a sweet tooth, but I love haleem.

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#19. As long as I am winning, people shouldn't care whether my skirt is six inches long or six feet long. How I dress is a very personal thing. It is scary that every time I wear a T-shirt, it becomes a talking point for the next three days.

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#20. Tennis is a funny game, and it takes a life-time of keeping one's eyes open on the circuit to have any chance of understanding the strange phenomena that exist in our exciting sport!

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#21. I prefer eating to cooking.

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#22. You want to try and win as many slams as possible in your career. As a tennis player, that's what we always dream of as a kid, wanting to play slams, wanting to win them.

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#23. I'm not a part of the glamour industry. I would like to focus on my game, and there are minimal chances of me getting into films.

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#24. As tennis players, you are never satisfied. We are greedy as players, always want better results.

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#25. As you grow older, it's harder to stay fit. Every day you wake up with pain, muscle aches which you don't know you had. I have to work harder on me than I used to when I was 18 years old. It takes me longer to recover now.

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#26. I haven't thought of retirement yet, but when I stop enjoying the game or when injuries force me, I will quit.

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#27. The best thing about Sachin Tendulkar is that he's completely rooted, down to earth, and a thorough gentleman. He's probably the best thing to have happened to Indian cricket and maybe Indian sport as a whole.

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#28. I'm not a perfect Muslim; I think none of us are perfect human beings. I do the five pillars of Islam, you know, I pray five times a day.

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#29. I miss singles terribly, but it is a choice I make because I don't feel I am good enough anymore. I don't want to be 100 odd in the world and still play for the heck of it.

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#30. I love Bollywood as a viewer, but going in front of the camera and singing and dancing is not my thing.

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#31. I'm partial to stilettos. Stilettoes and long, flowing dresses are my new favourites.

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#32. As a young girl, I used to dream of giving an interview. You dream of stardom as a kid. People think they don't want to be stars. Everyone wants to be a star! That's the truth. Even grownups; they pretend they don't want to be one and don't care. But everyone wants to.

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#33. I think people tend to forget that as celebrities we are still human. We have the same emotions - we cry, we have fun, we laugh, we get sad, and we get hurt. When something is written about you, which millions of people are reading, and it is not true, imagine how hurtful it can be.

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#34. I have always believed that my job is to try and give my best on the tennis courts.

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#35. I like interior decoration, so I might do something in that. I might, at some point, take two years off to study interior decoration.

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#36. I have a passion for playing tennis and enjoy the workload and struggles of performing in this amazing global sport.

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#37. I Pray That A Tennis Player Should Emerge From Ranchi As MS Dhoni Emerged For Cricket

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#38. My biggest strength is that no one can read my forehand

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