Simona Halep Quotes

If you get into the main draw of a Grand Slam, then you've made your mark and proved that's where you belong.

I won the city scoring championship as a senior.

It gives me goose bumps and little butterflies in the stomach when I start thinking about the 'golden slam.'

My dad said: 'It looks like you'll be world No.1 in a few hours and I wanted to be the first to say congratulations.'

My Number 1 Award is going to go on my mantelpiece, and I'll probably kiss it for two weeks solid every time I pass it!

The records only count when we have won silverware.

It doesn't matter about the man behind the belt. For me, it's about the title.

My dad really wanted to be in the Hall Of Fame, and it was something we talked about a lot.

All the players in the league, I think, want to play for trophies, want to get trophies.

I prefer the Grand Slam than the No. 1, but still, to get No. 1, not many players did that, so it's going to be very important for me.

It's always good to win a title.

I am hungry for titles.

It's a great feeling to be the WBC champ of the world, but there's more to gain from this.

No matter how well you do in the regular season, it has to be capped off with a championship to really mark your legacy in the game.

I'm happy that once again I see myself winning a Grand Slam, something that is so hard to do.

Do I get irritated by the no-Pro Bowl thing, never making a Pro Bowl? Yeah, I do.

As far as myself, I want to see myself hold a Grand Slam, be at the top of the game.

I always believed I would be in the Hall of Fame when my career came to an end. I just didn't know when.

To hear my name sung at WHL & Wembley made me incredibly proud.

I was 18 when I was presented with the Arjuna Award. To say it feels really good would be an understatement. But I don't know how else to convey the feeling. I am grateful for having received this prestigious award at such a young age.

To be the best you have to win trophies.

I look at my trophies and can't believe they're mine.

It's a great feeling to be champion of Spain.

More than anything else it pleases me to know I've made people back home in Bihar proud of me.

To be first is something special.