Lindsay Davenport Tough Quotations

She was very good. She hit the ball very hard and she moves very well and has a good backhand, so that's a tough match. Hopefully I'll be really sharp and on my toes.

I think that it's a very, very tough sport. Obviously Martina has been one of the best players that has ever played, so I'm sure she wouldn't be coming back unless she felt like she could make this transition.

It felt like it's been so long. It's an incredible feeling after the tough year last year,

There's going to be a void in my life when (tennis is) gone. I've never been one to sit around. I tried it once and after three days, it was like, 'This sucks, I'm so bored, I have no purpose.' I do know, number one, that I want to start a family and have kids. So, as far as having another career, I think that would be tough to do right away.

Amelie and I played such a tough, tough match at Wimbledon that I expect another one tomorrow,

It's fantastic when you're done (and) you're watching everyone else in the locker room sweat it out, but it's very tough when rain interrupts play. A lot of time it can change the momentum. Players get stiff, you're always unsure of when it will stop. And I think certain players are personally unprepared for it at certain venues. At Wimbledon, you're always looking up, like, ?OK, one more game.' I don't think anyone would have expected a long rain delay here in the desert.

It was a really tough match. I knew she definitely had the ability to be dangerous, and that was the best that she's played against me.

It was a tough match. I served well and didn't get a break, that was the important thing.

It's tough sometimes to play four weeks in a row and still to come out on top, ... I've played a lot of matches the last few weeks and I felt this whole week was a success. I won in straight sets every match, and it's not always easy to win when you're expected to win. I felt I handled that very well this week.

I'm really proud of myself that I'm so consistent. But it gets tough to be at the top year after year and not have one of the Grand Slams. Maybe I'll still get lucky.

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 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,