Li Na Quotes

I was getting, at like 18, 'Why haven't you won a Grand Slam yet?'

Winning a Grand Slam changes everything. There is so much off-court stuff to deal with. And there are expectations of keeping it going that make it tough.

You're only as good as your last collection, which is an enormous pressure.

The one thing you can't do when you're highly ranked is relax.

The difficulty with any sort of esteem is that more is expected of you.

There's a lot more pressure on me at United. There are people out there trying to shoot you down.

Not winning at Wimbledon is not going to bother me forever.

Wimbledon, for me, is the most important tournament of the year, so you know there's always going to be people expecting me to do well.

Once you have had success there are always people focusing on why it happened. Inevitably, there is a lot of scrutiny when you don't achieve the same again.

A lot of people say second seasons are harder than the first because people are now expecting you to do stuff, so yes, that's down to me to work hard and try and improve and, like I say, just letting my football do the talking.

Everyone's just looking at you. They're expecting you to win every game, and it's just not possible.

When they take you with the eighth pick, I don't want to say pressure, but you've got a lot of people counting on you.

I think maybe in a way it gets worse because you come in with a real reputation and they've paid you lots of money and all that.

I've always swung the same way. The difference is when I swing and miss, people say, 'He's swinging for the fences.' But when I swing and make contact people say, 'That's a nice swing.' But there's no difference, it's the same swing.

If you're not scoring the frustrations build up.

I am now the Wimbledon champion, and I think that gives me even more confidence coming to the Olympics. And maybe in some ways, it maybe takes some pressure off the Olympics, because I already did win at Wimbledon this year.

I remember winning the first time, you know, suddenly everybody expects, well, okay, now he should win every time he tees it up, win six tournaments.

I enjoyed seven years at Wimbledon and there were high and low points.

Since I became a favorite in every race, it's just another burden that I have to bear.

When you're 0-2 in the Super Bowl, they say unkind things about you. They say, 'He can't win the big one.' And that's the worst thing that can be said about you.

Success, however you judge what that even means, brings with it certain pressures.

Everybody always talks about the pressure of playing at Wimbledon, how tough it is, but the people watching make it so much easier to play.

That's true, you don't want to let anybody down and here are millions of people who've been waiting for their favorite characters to be brought to life and you don't want to disappoint.

Sasha gets a raw deal from the press. She makes one mistake in her program and people rip her for not pulling it off when it counts. But she never falls apart. She never just completely folds and misses everything. Usually it's just one mistake.

I would love to do well one last time in Melbourne and my dream would be to win Wimbledon and play in the London Olympics.