Lindsay Davenport Quotes

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• Nobody wants to go through divorce, especially when there's young children involved.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Children, Divorce, Want

  "Lindsay Davenport On Elin Nordegren, Tiger Woods’ Wife: 'Very Loving, Very Loyal'". www.huffingtonpost.com. Mach 18, 2010.

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• You work your whole life to try to be the best you can, even if it's for only one day or one week.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Trying, One Day, Being The Best

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• Some times you lose more than you win. It's about handling losses and trying to turn them into positives. You get out into the big leagues and there's a period of adjustment to be made. You've got to handle it.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Loss, Winning, League

  "Laura Robson has attitude to excel at Wimbledon says Lindsay Davenport" by Kevin Mitchell, www.theguardian.com. June 17, 2010.

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• I did not grow up with people, you know, pounding in my head, 'This is what you've got to do, this is what you're going to do.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Growing Up, People, Grows

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• We get criticized for showing no personality, and then we get penalized when we do.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Personality

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• I wasn't a perfect thing at 17. I didn't have confidence. I was hunched over and real embarrassed, and I didn't want to be in the limelight. But it changed over time.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Real, Perfect, Want

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• I come from a family of working women, my mum went to work two weeks after I was born - my parents had no money, there was no choice.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Two, Choices, Parent

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• The return is one of the hardest shots to make when you come back from injury.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Return, Injury, Shots

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• I'm proud of myself. I'm a relieved, happy girl.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Girl, Proud, Relieved

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• If you go to Australia, the Australian Open is on all day long on network TV. There's no way CBS, NBC and ABC would do that. They only show the finals. That's always been the case. They don't want to give the time to the biggest tournament we have in the United States. Any other country, it's everywhere -- front page of the main paper, front page of the sports section. We haven't had that here.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Sports, Country, Australia

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• I always tried to hide the fact that I was an athlete. I just wanted to be normal.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Athlete, Facts, Normal

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• [On a strained relationship between a tennis champion and her mother:] There comes a time when it's probably not cool for your mom to be your best friend.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Mom, Mother, Tennis

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• You always see people coming back to the sport, and I've always thought, 'Gosh, when you're done playing, wouldn't you just want to stay at home?

  Lindsay Davenport

  Sports, Home, People

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• No. At the States we get no matches that are played in Europe on TV.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Europe, Tvs, States

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• I'm not that interesting!

  Lindsay Davenport

  Interesting

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• I couldn't imagine being from a country where all the pressure is on a particular player.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Country, Player, Pressure

  "Laura Robson has attitude to excel at Wimbledon says Lindsay Davenport" by Kevin Mitchell, www.theguardian.com. June 17, 2010.

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• I did everything I could except win. I feel fine. I just played bad at a big time.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Winning, Bigs, Fine

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• I think when you start to do well and get your confidence back, everything becomes more fun. When you're playing with not your full capacity of confidence, I think things get a little tough. I knew I could be doing better than what I was doing. Even though I was ranked 5 or 4 or whatever it was, I wanted to get back to the level I thought I could play at.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Fun, Thinking, Play

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• I could never have gotten back into my career without the undying support of my husband, who works full time at a stressful job! We decided that we were going to do this as total partners and it is a 50/50 deal with us.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Jobs, Husband, Careers

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• I don't think I should be underestimated.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Thinking, Should, Underestimated

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• I don't enjoy being in Europe for weeks on end, so I just skip it.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Europe, Week, Ends

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• While I was always successful... I never thought I'd be one in the world.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Successful, World

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• While I still have more good days than bad days, I'm going to keep playing.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Good Day, Bad Day, Stills

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• With my child, I hardly watch TV now.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Children, Watches, Tvs

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• In the history of women's tennis the great players have come back from long absences with no problems.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Player, Long, Tennis

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