Garbine Muguruza Quotes

As a kid, I wanted to be a pro tennis player. I was pretty good; at the tennis academies I attended, I always 'played up' against older age groups.

It is never too late to get into tennis! While I started playing at the age of 8 when my parents gave me a tennis racquet for Christmas, tennis is a lifelong sport that can be enjoyed by people of almost any age. It's also something you never forget once you learn.

I think that tennis has been in a place for many years without any change. Davis Cup and Fed Cup has always been a very exciting platform for players because it is such an individual sport, and we get to play a team competition. We love being part of a team.

At the end of the day, it is a very long year. The tennis season is pretty much ten months of the year.

Tennis is my dream. It is what I love. And it is what I want to be best at.

Every time I tour, I find a pro - I go to the local tennis center in that country, wherever it is and I play.

I want to be a top-10 player and I want to win a Grand Slam tournament.

I had not picked up a tennis racket in 15 years, so I tried.

I'm actually a pretty good tennis player!

I got my first tennis racket on my seventh birthday. And because we had a tennis court in our backyard, I played every day. By ten I was playing competitively.

I've always loved playing tennis. When I was 12, my parents decided that I should try to do it seriously. My father started to travel with me, and as a family, we tried to make it work.

Since I retired, I very much enjoy watching Serena Williams play. While I was playing, she was one of the toughest players I ever faced. Her ground strokes are so solid, her serve is one of the most powerful in women's tennis, and mentally she is just so strong.

Before I got addicted to comedy, I was seriously thinking about playing tennis full time. I joined the tennis team and played with a lot of professionals.

There are so many great players on the men's - and women's - side. Hopefully I can keep improving and eventually play in the Masters.

Tennis has been a part of my life since I was five years old.

When I came to Spain, I joined a tennis academy, and that was where I learnt the game.

I played tennis when I was younger. I don't know if I could have been a professional, but I am still passionate about it.

I moved to Spain, and at all the tournaments I'd play, I would be really good in my age. That made me realize that I could be a pro.

I passed my Lawn Tennis Association coaching exam, and I persuaded my local club to let me use a court after school and on Saturdays.

I always wanted to be a professional player, but when I started playing well in Challengers and, for the first time, I did well at ATP tournaments, I saw that these guys are also beatable.

I go out there because I love tennis and I love playing. To hold the trophy in the end, you know, it's amazing.

You also can understand how to play tennis from Serena Williams, and she is awesome. I haven't seen her Masterclass but just watching her on the court - I saw some of Wimbledon on TV and there's such an awesome force in her and focus and determination and technique, you just look at her and it's awesome. If I would like to learn tennis I would immediately turn to her.

I was very lucky in as much as I played a lot of tennis.

And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and was on the Junior Davis Cup in New York City.

I just enjoy watching tennis. And there's things that you can learn from the men's and the women's game.