Lindsay Davenport Quotations | Page 3

I made a few errors and allowed her to come back into the match, giving her confidence. She broke me a few times but I still managed to come back, and I feel good about that.

I'm sure it will be a great, great atmosphere, ... It presents a bigger challenge and a bigger occasion being in Switzerland, for her. I'm really going to have to concentrate on returning serve.

I'm never one that necessarily plays their best right off the bat. It took a little while to settle into the conditions and how Rika plays, but I do feel I started to improve some things in the second set.

I knew it would be tough, ... I didn't feel I was playing my best or striking the ball that well, but I still managed to win despite the circumstances.

I knew I'd be rusty and trying to find my rhythm. I felt I got a break at 4-4 in the first set. After that, I played calmer and more consistent.

I knew that if it wasn't in two sets, that my chances were significantly reduced.

I'm really happy that I was able to come here and get through these matches and still feel healthy and ready to go to New York, ... This was a big test for my back. I think it was real important just to play some matches and get the rust out of my game. Obviously to win this tournament is a bonus. Overall, the week was nothing but a positive for me.

I'm really happy first of all, I was able to come here and get through all these matches and still feel healthy and ready to go for New York,

I'm one who can't handle anything but playing tennis and trying to be married, that's about good enough for me, ... But, you know, other players have the ability to encompass a lot more.

If I win the U.S. Open, I'll most likely stay there. So I'll just concentrate on that.

I had the chance there after the first set, she wasn't looking so good. I definitely let her back in early in the second and gave her some confidence and when she has confidence, she plays really well.

I'm very happy to be here winning the title, ... No matter how much experience or how long you have played you never really know what to expect after coming back from an injury. I really wanted to come in here and kind of test my back and play matches and see how everything held up.

I'm trying to decide exactly how far to push it, when to rest.

I'm better off at home with my family and my husband than being in Europe for three weeks at this age and at this stage of my career,

In the first set I felt so wild,

I really don?t know how to explain it,

I really wanted to come in here and kind of test my back and play matches and see how everything held up. This definitely went better than I could have hoped or expected.

I remember as the rally went on thinking, 'Oh, God, it's getting worse'.

I hope I have that desire in me when the time comes. I'm annoyed at the moment. At Wimbledon, I played my heart out and totally got beat. Today, I felt like a lot of it had to do with me.

I haven't had any problems since I came back the second time this summer. Every other day helps quite a bit as well, knowing that I now have almost probably 48 hours before I play again. It's obviously much tougher when you've got back-to-back-to-back matches.

I really felt that this was a lot closer than the score suggests. Francesca is a tough player to play against. Every ball she can get is going to come back.

I played well and my body held up. So I am thrilled. To win here, I need to play four days in a row. I am not getting any younger and I have to be fresh for my next match.

I guess you could argue that. That changed drastically when they started seeding 32,

It has been very tricky with the wind,

I just hope I can get better as the tournament goes on.

I just have to serve well, be aggressive, hit the ball hard and not allow her to get into any rhythm.

I played a good tiebreak, a good second set and served well,

But if Kim gets it, she'll have totally deserved it. She's played great this year.

... But I think normally there's a few more closer matches.

But I think in the next year or so she's really going to take control and grow into her body and learn all her shots and really be for sure a top 10 player.

But I felt like when I concentrated and played more aggressive tennis then I played well. It was a good match to play.

But I feel it was a great, great road for me and a great learning process. I figured out a lot of things on my own that probably made me a stronger person. I am happy with who I have become no matter what road I took. I am happy to still be sitting here and feeling the way I do.

I don't recall anyone right now who has tested positive on the women's tour.

I didn't feel like I was at my sharpest,

I didn't think either of us played that well in the first set. But I played a lot better in the second set and I am very happy to win the title.

I didn't think either of us played that well in the first set,

I didn't play great, but I thought she played very smart, which is typical for her. That's what she does best.

I didn't know what to expect coming back after my injury, but to win the title without playing my best gives me a lot of confidence going into the US Open.

I felt within myself. I felt like I was hitting the ball well and I wasn't panicked and I wasn't uptight about anything.

I felt that I wasn't even close, to be honest,

I feel like I've never really played all that well at Staples, and I'd like to change that.

I am very excited I was able to win here, my first year here,

I feel a lot better than I did at the French, when I was barely winning matches and sets.

I don't necessarily believe that everyone here is 100 percent. But everyone in the draw is really what we need. I think as the players get more healthy, and the top players get to compete against each other more and more, it's really going to help our sport. We've had a tough couple years.

You used to get a lot more really tough battles in the first few rounds,

The girl is such a great athlete and so good off the ground,

The city of Philadelphia and the tournament have been fantastic supporters of women's tennis and I know will once again put on a great event.

[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.

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.

I think I'm pretty down to earth.

I never had tons of friends on tour. I was quiet and went about my business.

I don't think I should be underestimated.

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

I donate lots to charity. I don't necessarily tell everybody the number or what I do.

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

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.

I'm going with the flow. I feel when the time is right to stop, it will be flashing in neon lights for me, like this is it. It could be this year, it could be next year, I have no idea. Anyone in their profession seems to think it's fairly clear when it's the right time. I haven't had that moment of clarity.

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

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.

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

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

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?

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

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

With my child, I hardly watch TV now.

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

I've played too many tennis hours.

I'm not that interesting!

I was never a prodigy.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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