Top 81 Quotes & Sayings by Sofia Kenin
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Last updated on December 18, 2024.
I don't feel like I'm ever getting overpowered.
I feel like the fans are the best at the slams. Everyone is coming, they're supporting you. It's really special, makes it really special for us to play in front of them.
Well, obviously it's clay. It's slower. You have to grind more. You move a lot more. You have to slide.
Some players lose motivation, but going to the court every day helped me.
Yeah, I obviously do get nervous before the matches. I obviously have butterflies. I obviously want to do well.
As I started developing, as I started playing more tournaments and getting higher in the rankings, I saw I had massive potential.
It's really great, winning some tournaments and leading the American group. It gives me a boost and a ton of confidence.
I love all the slams.
I feel like I'm doing a really good job with keeping my ground and staying focused, starting off strong in the third set, because obviously I don't want to go too down.
Serena is such a great player and a true champion.
Just playing against Serena, you've really got to fight for every point.
Immigrant stories are good stories for everyone to know.
I'm just going to also focus on what I need to do, focus on my game.
Serena is such a tough player.
I love winning more than anything, so, yeah, winning.
I try to do everything I can to win.
I knew I needed to establish myself to get to where I am.
I've watched Serena. I've been following her, all the slams she's been winning. It's a special feeling just to be ahead of her.
I can't go on the court crying because then it's a big advantage for my opponent, so I have to wipe my tears, have a good warm-up, feel the ball and then start grooving in the game.
In tennis, it's usually you by yourself, so getting to be part of a team is really special.
I was never the biggest, so I had to take the ball early and control the points in order to not be overpowered.
I wasn't into any other toys. I always liked to play with balls and with a racket.
Me, I'm a rising star for American tennis. I'm really proud to represent my country and hopefully I can keep going higher.
I know she's a true champion, and she's the best among the best. She's obviously Serena for a reason. I've always watched her, so it will be a little different to be actually playing against her.
But it's always good to see youngsters taking over and playing great tennis. We have to get ready and prepare because they're going to play better against us.
When I wasn't playing with Barbie dolls, I was always playing with different kinds of balls, and my dad said, let's try tennis.
I'm fierce. I'm very determined, and always had that in me. I didn't have to train myself to be the way I am.
Losing I really hate, and I love winning.
No matter what the score is, I'm still going to be there fighting and doing my best to turn the match around, and I've done it a few times.
I'm not a good actress.
I'm always with my dad, and he's my coach, and he just kept telling me, 'You have to keep motivated, try to keep motivated.'
Grand Slams are four tournaments a year, so of course those are the big ones, those are the ones that people and us players want to do our best at. It's just high level quality of tennis.
Match play has really helped me. All the confidence that I'm getting is because of that.
I love all this attention and this media!
It's not easy getting to a Grand Slam final.
I'm a bit hard on myself.
I'm so proud of myself, my dad, my team, everyone that has been around me.
I wanted to go pro, but having the option to go to college was important for me.
I know people haven't really paid attention much to me in the past. I had to establish myself, and I have. Of course, now I'm getting the attention, which I like it. Not going to lie.
I'm not a player that's going to grind at the baseline - I like to dictate and control the point and try to use my drop shot as a weapon.
Obviously, I want to do well in all tournaments, but if I had to pick, for sure Paris.
I'm definitely happy that I get to experience being a defending champion. That's quite special.
I know what to expect now with the mask and the social distancing and no crowds. But honestly, I feel like this is something I can never get used to, because this is completely not normal, and I obviously want it to be back to normal how it used to be.
I've always wanted to be No. 1 in the world.
Dreams come true. If you have a dream, go for it and it's gonna come true.
It's not easy when you were so close to win the title and you lost it.
It's not easy to focus in practice when you don't have any matches coming up.
I feel like I'm doing some great things for American tennis.
Definitely I feel with more matches, I'm the type of player I win a match or few matches, then I get confidence right away and then I play better and better.
If you want to beat me, you have to really beat me. You have to finish it.
I'm going to try my best and do everything I can to compete and do everything I can to win.
I just want to have an aggressive mind-set, try to take the ball out of the air and just come in.
My dad plays every point with me. He sees the game so well, and knows exactly what to say to make me play better.
I've been there, done that. I know what the emotions are getting into your first Grand Slam final.
I think it's just a matter of matches and then confidence will come with matches.
I want to show who I am, show my best tennis, show why I'm there, why I belong.
I literally practiced every day except on the weekends.
Believe it or not, I used to really hate clay.
Obviously I'm missing the city life.
Of course, I believed in myself.
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