New York is a very tricky city. I find it very noisy. It's a jungle, and it's very stressful at times, but I'm ready for it.
- Garbine Muguruza
City, New, Very, Noisy
I like Sergio Ramos, who plays Real Madrid.
- Garbine Muguruza
Like, Real Madrid, Plays, Madrid
I always come very motivated to the Grand Slams.
- Garbine Muguruza
Always, Motivated, Very, Grand Slams
For us, the Grand Slams are very important. When the Grand Slams come, you're thinking, 'OK, this is the tournament.' To lose there is disappointing.
- Garbine Muguruza
Lose, Come, Very, Grand Slams
I just make sure that people around me are fine. There is not a lot I can do anymore. Just support the people. Be with them. But at the end, I've got to go play. And after, we can talk again. But I have to kind of block it for two hours.
- Garbine Muguruza
Play, Anymore, Around, Block
For me, it has an extra value to be able to beat the Williams sisters in the finals, because they are just so good. For me, it's proof of being literally the best player in the tournament.
- Garbine Muguruza
Best, Sisters, Literally, Finals
I always play with a very high ponytail so that my hair doesn't bother me.
- Garbine Muguruza
Play, Always, Very, Ponytail
Obviously every time I go to a Grand Slam, I'm super excited.
- Garbine Muguruza
Grand Slam, Slam, Super, Every Time
If you want to win a Grand Slam, when you dream, you say, 'I want Serena in the final.'
- Garbine Muguruza
Want, Say, Grand Slam, Slam
I'm happy that once again I see myself winning a Grand Slam, something that is so hard to do.
- Garbine Muguruza
Happy, Winning, Grand Slam, Slam
This is just a 'Boom!' of energy for me to win a Grand Slam.
- Garbine Muguruza
Me, Boom, Grand Slam, Slam
Being in a Grand Slam, doesn't matter what you did before, it's always nervous and excitement.
- Garbine Muguruza
Always, Before, Grand Slam, Slam
It doesn't always work out that you win a tournament and then a Grand Slam, but I'm happy to have the confidence.
- Garbine Muguruza
Work, Always, Grand Slam, Slam
Once you step on the court, you see the crowd, you see the final, you see I'm here playing another Wimbledon final.
- Garbine Muguruza
See, Here, Once, Wimbledon
To have Serena in the Wimbledon final, I think, is the hardest match you can have.
- Garbine Muguruza
Think, Final, I Think, Wimbledon
I just thought at Wimbledon I was very nervous.
- Garbine Muguruza
Thought, Nervous, Very, Wimbledon
It's true that my body's not small and my style is not defensive. I am aggressive, and I am tall.
- Garbine Muguruza
I Am, Small, True, Defensive
When you're tired, you say, 'Hey, I need to rest from tennis or something.'
- Garbine Muguruza
Rest, Tired, Need, Hey
When a kid comes next to you, and she's like 'Ooh, one day I want to be like you!' you're like 'Wow, that's so nice to hear!'
- Garbine Muguruza
Kid, Next, Like, Wow
I was always following my brothers. If my brothers hadn't played, I never would have picked up a racket. Tennis isn't the most popular sport in Venezuela.
- Garbine Muguruza
Always, Brothers, Racket, Venezuela
My father is Spanish, and he went to Venezuela looking for a job. He was 20 something, and he fell in love with a Venezuelan girl. He owns a company there, producing iron and bronze.
- Garbine Muguruza
Love, Father, Spanish, Venezuela
I was about three years old when I started playing in Venezuela with my two older brothers. They're 12 and 11 years older, so I was always the little one.
- Garbine Muguruza
Old, Always, Brothers, Venezuela
It is hard because I have played since I was three years old, and everything is tennis, tennis. I am super-passionate about it. And I love it. But I always like to cook, I listen to music. I just try to be like a regular girl.
- Garbine Muguruza
Love, Three, About, Regular
When I came to Spain, I joined a tennis academy, and that was where I learnt the game.
- Garbine Muguruza
Game, Spain, Joined, Learnt
It's like if you have a bad day and you don't change your mindset, even if you go to buy bread at the supermarket, like, everything is so bad. It happens. I'm very negative. You have to change it.
- Garbine Muguruza
Bread, Mindset, Very, Supermarket
When I was young, I looked up to Martina Hingis.
- Garbine Muguruza
Young, Up, Looked, Martina
For sure, people are looking more at what I'm doing, but I think that's fine. It's a good sign. I like it.
- Garbine Muguruza
Doing, Think, I Think, Good Sign
I didn't do anything special after the French Open, after winning the tournament. I just had a nice dinner with my team and family, but I was so exhausted that I went to sleep early and couldn't stay up.
- Garbine Muguruza
Exhausted, Tournament, Had, French
In Spain, if you don't follow football, you're dead. You don't have conversation.
- Garbine Muguruza
Football, Dead, Spain, Conversation
I don't have superstitions because I think sometimes they work against you because, if something happens to disturb them, you feel nervous.
- Garbine Muguruza
Work, Think, I Think, Superstitions
I have routines but not superstitions.
- Garbine Muguruza
Routines, Superstitions
I go for my shots with no regrets, even if I play to the fence.
- Garbine Muguruza
Play, No Regrets, Even, Fence
If we push for the children to know tennis, they have the chance to like it.
- Garbine Muguruza
Children, Chance, Like, Push
There's no room for being disappointed or for excuses, 'Oh, I had four match points.'
- Garbine Muguruza
Match, Disappointed, Four, Excuses
I didn't play juniors, really. I only played Roland Garros juniors and maybe some European tournaments.
- Garbine Muguruza
Play, Some, Tournaments, Juniors
With the time, as I was growing up and I got taller and my arms were longer, I developed this aggressive style because I think it was better for me, for my style of game.
- Garbine Muguruza
Game, Think, Taller, Aggressive
I think my style of game is aggressive.
- Garbine Muguruza
Game, Think, I Think, Aggressive
I don't want to retire before the tournament starts for me.
- Garbine Muguruza
Me, Want, Before, Retire
I started in a very small tennis club in a South American country where I never thought about becoming the best tennis player.
- Garbine Muguruza
Small, Country, Very, Tennis Player
I just think I play better in the greater scenarios. I just get motivated. I like the big crowds on the centre courts.
- Garbine Muguruza
Play, Think, Big, Scenarios
With time, I've got more used to grass, and I think my style of game helps.
- Garbine Muguruza
Game, Think, I Think, Helps
I grew up, and my body was not like a Spanish player. I was tall. I had a powerful game; my arms were long, so I'm like, 'No, you can't play like Spanish players.'
- Garbine Muguruza
Game, Play, Spanish, Tall
I'm not afraid to do long rallies. I like that.
- Garbine Muguruza
Long, Afraid, Like, Rallies
Finally a Spanish girl can play on grass.
- Garbine Muguruza
Play, Finally, Spanish, Grass
A lot of people were saying, 'I think you will play good on grass,' and I'm like, 'There's no way. I hate grass. I'm horrible.'
- Garbine Muguruza
Play, Think, I Think, Grass
On grass, maybe you kind of feel more that fast game.
- Garbine Muguruza
Game, Fast, Maybe, Grass
To be able to make other girls play - and hopefully in Latin America as well - is very important to me.
- Garbine Muguruza
Play, Other, Very, Latin
I like to dance to Latin music, like salsa, like reggaeton.
- Garbine Muguruza
Music, Dance, Like, Latin
I used to either lose in my first or second match or I would go very far in the tournament. So I've been saying to myself, 'Come on, you've got to get through these first two matches. They're very tough. Because afterwards you feel different.' So I'm really putting my energy into getting through to those later rounds.
- Garbine Muguruza
Through, Been, Very, Rounds
Who would I think is the favorite? Well, to be honest, I think the top players. We are all very close, very equal.
- Garbine Muguruza
Think, I Think, Very, To Be Honest
I prefer to be hunted compared to the other way around... I don't know how you say it.
- Garbine Muguruza
How, Other, Prefer, Compared
I always travel with my coach and with my physio. And then when I'm in Europe, my parents, maybe they come to events.
- Garbine Muguruza
Always, Come, Maybe, Europe
I think people have this love-hate relationship with tennis. I also feel like that.
- Garbine Muguruza
Think, I Think, Love-Hate, Tennis
People only see two hours of a tennis match where you're fighting and running and sometimes getting upset. There's a lot more than those two hours. Going out there and playing is actually the easy part.
- Garbine Muguruza
Sometimes, Upset, Part, Tennis
It is a time for women's tennis to return to the light, as it were, and be on a par with men's tennis, which is at a very high level.
- Garbine Muguruza
Very, Par, Which, Tennis
I couldn't be accepted into tennis school because I was too young. I had to wait a year until I was four before they'd accept me.
- Garbine Muguruza
Wait, Young, Year, Tennis
Tennis is what I've always wanted to do, so it is my dream to be on top.
- Garbine Muguruza
Top, Always, Wanted, Tennis
That's my every day: putting things aside and going out there and have two hours of concentration of tennis.
- Garbine Muguruza
Hours, Going, Putting, Tennis
You can have a couple of games where you play bad or very good. I think I'm a type of player that days before I know how I feel, if I'm playing good, if I'm playing bad. This is not like lottery here.
- Garbine Muguruza
Play, Here, Very, Player
I think every player dreams to be No. 1 at some point.
- Garbine Muguruza
Think, Some, I Think, Player
You can't be the best player if suddenly you play well and the next day you play badly.
- Garbine Muguruza
Play, Next, Badly, Player
When you win, everything is so beautiful, and when you don't, it's not, so everything is darker.
- Garbine Muguruza
Beautiful, Win, Everything, Darker
I don't know a lot of people who achieve what they have really dreamed of as a little girl.
- Garbine Muguruza
Achieve, Dreamed, Lot, Little Girl
All I want is to win matches, and the ranking sooner or later will come.
- Garbine Muguruza
Will, Later, Sooner, Matches
I try to focus on more winning matches here and try to go forward rather than the ranking because is the first step, to win matches, getting far in tournament, and we see after.
- Garbine Muguruza
Winning, Here, Rather, Matches
The tough matches never go my way, so I want to change that.
- Garbine Muguruza
Change, Never, Want, Matches
When you're a kid and practice on clay, you're always, 'Oh, I wish I could win Roland Garros.'
- Garbine Muguruza
Practice, Always, I Wish, Clay
Once you taste the sweet honey, you want more of that.
- Garbine Muguruza
More, Taste, Once, Honey
It's a great thing to have: that pressure everywhere you go, that responsibility. I think it's good to have it.
- Garbine Muguruza
Think, Go, I Think, Great Thing
I let my racket do the talking.
- Garbine Muguruza
Talking, Racket
To see that I'm on a good path, that I'm improving, is what I want to feel.
- Garbine Muguruza
Path, Want, See, Improving
I adapt more to the match for the second set.
- Garbine Muguruza
Match, More, Set, Adapt
It's difficult to always perform well, to always go on the court and win and hit great shots. It takes a lot of time and a long learning process.
- Garbine Muguruza
Process, Always, Perform, Court
I think I'm always nervous, even if I play not on the center court.
- Garbine Muguruza
Play, Think, Always, Court
I like to have bright colors and to feel feminine on the court.
- Garbine Muguruza
Bright, Like, Feminine, Court
Sometimes when you go into the match, you want it so badly. I think sometimes is tricky. It makes you a little bit, like, tense and nervous.
- Garbine Muguruza
Think, I Think, Badly, Tense
I learned that if you want something, you've got to really go for it, try to put the nerves aside.
- Garbine Muguruza
Want, Go For It, Learned, Nerves
I've said before that when you win, people think it's so easy, but it's not so easy to handle it, and probably I expect myself to always play so good.
- Garbine Muguruza
Play, Think, Always, Handle
The best thing is being part of history and achieving something you've dreamed of.
- Garbine Muguruza
Best, Part, Dreamed, Achieving
Is very hard to find, like, a recipe to feel good fitness-wise, tennistically, mentally.
- Garbine Muguruza
Feel Good, Like, Very, Mentally
The best players are consistent.
- Garbine Muguruza
Best, Players, Consistent
The problem we have in the WTA circuit is that the girls do not have a good relationship because we play against each other, and it's a sport.
- Garbine Muguruza
Play, Other, Circuit, Sport
I moved to Spain, and at all the tournaments I'd play, I would be really good in my age. That made me realize that I could be a pro.
- Garbine Muguruza
Play, Spain, Tournaments, Pro
The first tournament I ever played, I won. I was six years old.
- Garbine Muguruza
Old, Six, Ever, Won
If I lose the first set, I still have two more. Let's not make a drama, you know.
- Garbine Muguruza
More, Still, Set, Drama
I love to play, and I love what it brings to me. It's such a healthy life, and to me, it means everything.
- Garbine Muguruza
Love, Play, Means, Brings
I'm used to putting so many things aside to be able to compete.
- Garbine Muguruza
Compete, Able, Putting, Aside
At the end, the one that plays better is going to win.
- Garbine Muguruza
End, Better, Going, Plays
I take every match as a final. It's very important.
- Garbine Muguruza
Important, Very, Take, Match
I think the players like to play with sunny days and warm weather.
- Garbine Muguruza
Play, Think, Warm, Sunny
It's so rewarding to succeed in what you like to do that you don't really think about what you have to give up.
- Garbine Muguruza
Think, Give, Like, Rewarding
If you want to be one of the best players, everything is hard.
- Garbine Muguruza
Best, Want, Hard, Players
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