Madison Keys Quotes

Madison Keys

Profession : Athlete

Birth : February 17, 1995

On those days when you don't want to get up, I think, I'm going to get through my entire practice without saying how tired I am or I try not to complain just because I was in a bad mood when I woke up. Even if it's not perfect and I slip up, I can catch myself and make myself of aware of where my mental space is at and move on.

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There is nothing like Wimbledon. When I think about tennis, I think about this tournament.

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I would like to think I can win a trophy or two, but the main thing for me is to focus on consistency.

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Setting a goal, accomplishing it, and feeling good about yourself can help build confidence and perseverance.

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My nerves tend to dissipate once the match starts. When I know I've practiced as much as I can and I do my best and leave it all out there, I feel OK no matter what happens.

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I don't really identify myself as white or African-American. I'm just me. I'm Madison.

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I think it's definitely hard for the people who just out of nowhere come in and they do really well and all of the sudden the spotlight is on them.

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Serena's always been one of the best, and she will forever be one of the best tennis players in women's tennis.

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Being away from the game and just remembering why I love competing and all of that, I think it helped me tremendously.

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I think it's especially hard when you start at an academy, because everything is decided for you. And then when you go with U.S.T.A., there's only so many decisions you can make.

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I will never be able to say 'Yeah, O.K., I'm good,' you know? I will always want more, and more, and more.

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Accept others for their differences, what makes them different. That's what makes the world the world.

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I know it's a cheesy thing to say, but I just want everyone to be able to get along.

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There's just so much girl-on-girl hate. It happens to start in high school, and then it builds and gets bigger and bigger, and it seems like for some reason there's this mentality that if another girl does well, she's taking my spot.

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No one who has gotten second place at a Grand Slam is ever like, 'Yeah, now I feel fine about it.' Everyone wants the other trophy. But it inspires you to work harder and get yourself in that position again so that you can use what you've learned.

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Sometimes it takes work to find a great group of friends whom you feel super comfortable and confident with.

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Sometimes I have lapses of attention, and I can lose some points very quickly - that's been a big thing for him.

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Being an American, we're very lucky that all of the attention is very rarely just on one person. Unless you're Serena - then it's on you all the time.

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I think when you're younger and you're watching people play on TV, you always say that you want to be at the French Open - you want to be playing Grand Slams. But then actually being there doing it, it kind of blows you away thinking, Wow, I actually used to think maybe I could do that one day, and now I'm actually doing it.

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I think when I start thinking about results, I stop playing the right way because I start getting too nervous.

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