Victoria Azarenka Quotations

I was missing out on a lot of things that my friends were doing, but in another way, they were missing things I was doing. It was kind of a trade-off I had to make.

There are so many steps you have to go through to reach a high level, so you're kind of building your own, I would say, mountain. You have to go piece by piece by piece. When you're young and really ambitious, you want to jump right up. It kind of teaches you a lesson, I would say.

My grandmother is the person who inspires me the most.

I'll never be like a Barbie girl, that's for sure.

I have learned how to better handle things as they come.

Things are never perfect, so I never get too high about things, or get too down about things anymore.

I always take things step by step and match by match.

I like to go shopping, to the movies, all the girl stuff. Just a normal girl.

I love the game and I am so lucky to be able to do what I love.

I'm not a big fan of watching my matches.

You cannot be in pretend for people to like you.

You know, I think I'm the worst player to talk to about statistics.

I love New York. It's one of my favorite cities.

I feel like when the task is more difficult for me it's more exciting.

You have to go through rough patches to achieve great things

Trying your best is bringing your best... that's the way to do it! Desire and passion is everything.

I'm my own toughest opponent. So I talk to myself. I curse at myself. I pump myself up. Whatever it takes to do. I don't really give a damn how it looks really because when I'm in the moment I need to be me.

Awkward gestures, clumsy gestures, fist pumps. I just do whatever I feel like is right in the moment. If I need to be hyped, I'm hyped. If I need to talk to myself, I talk to myself. Whatever it takes to win, I'm going to do it.

I wouldn't say I let myself down, just sometimes it doesn't go your way.

Nobody will tell me what I can or I cannot do.

Seeing Messi play is like watching a video game.

I hope I was a good example of women's tennis.

I just want to have fun.

I don't really care how I sound.

That's what I love about kids: they don't care about anything else but who you are as a person.

There are so many steps you have to go through to reach a high level, so youre kind of building your own, I would say, mountain. You have to go piece by piece by piece. When youre young and really ambitious, you want to jump right up. It kind of teaches you a lesson, I would say.

I kind of put myself in this mindset where time doesn't really exist that much. There is no past or future. I just try to stay really in the present.

That intensity, that feeling of the battle, heat of the moment: personally, that's what I live for.

New York has their own character. I love the fans here. They are very honest, and I love that.

Everybody has something to lose. You have points to lose. You have money to lose. You have opportunity to lose.

I don't feel 25 years old. Sometimes I feel I'm 12 years old. Sometimes I feel I'm 50 years old.