Top 22 Quotes & Sayings by Heather Watson

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British athlete Heather Watson.
Last updated on April 14, 2025.
Heather Watson

Heather Miriam Watson is a professional tennis player and former British No. 1. She has won nine titles over her career, including the mixed-doubles title at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships with Henri Kontinen, which made her the first British woman to win a Grand Slam title since Jo Durie in 1991, and the first to win a Wimbledon title since Durie in 1987. In October 2012, Watson won her first WTA Tour singles title at the Japan Open, becoming the first British woman to win a WTA singles title since Sara Gomer in 1988.

You don't just have to be skilled and talented at tennis, but you have to be so physically strong.
I've learned that I can compete at the top level.
I've learnt I can compete with the best in the world. — © Heather Watson
I've learnt I can compete with the best in the world.
That winning feeling, it's great.
I did everything - swimming, dancing, and badminton as well as tennis. It was always tennis that I really loved, though.
I'm working on staying aggressive in my game and fixing all the little details.
If you don't feel hunger, you don't succeed at anything.
With tennis, no one's going to give it to you. You have to be determined.
Even with not having that many matches under my belt, I handled the match against Svitolina well. When I was younger, not having that many matches under my belt, I might not have done that.
Winning titles is a big thing for me.
Everybody believes they can win now. That's why there are so many upsets in the Grand Slams.
For me, Wimbledon is such a special tournament. I feel at home when I play there, and the grass is perfect.
In the men's game, there are three, four, five dominant players who pretty much win everything, but in the women's, anyone can.
I know lots of people who climb very high in the rankings without winning a single title.
I think I'm realising that careers for tennis players are very short. On the women's side now, players are starting to peak later on, but the average age is about 31, 32 when you finish playing, so I want to make the most of it while I'm young, fit, and healthy. I don't want to waste any time.
Wins and losses just blur into one as you move around the world playing matches.
I just need to improve.
I'm trying to be a complete player and have every shot in the game.
At the end of the day, it's just a tennis match. It's not the end of the world. — © Heather Watson
At the end of the day, it's just a tennis match. It's not the end of the world.
People ranked No. 80 or No. 90 in the world are tough to play.
There's always going to be people saying stuff.
Every draw's a tough draw.
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