Madison Keys Quotes

Being able to rely on the matches I’ve won – at first they surprised me – but I’ve slowly been able to build confidence.

Both of my grandmothers have always been really good bakers, and I was always in the kitchen helping them. Obviously I can’t eat a lot of the things that I make, but just baking it and giving it to someone makes me feel really good.

I’m obsessed with my couch. I have the greenest couch on the planet.

I think the biggest thing is knowing that those thoughts of panic are probably going to go into your brain, and just accepting it… So that’s been the biggest thing. Not fighting it and trying to think I’m going to have the perfect mentality the entire time. That’s not going to happen.

I could go through my Twitter account right now and there would be 10 horrible messages.

I think it’s just really good to be honest with yourself and if I’m not feeling up for something I have no problem staying in my room in ordering some food and relaxing and managing my energy and kind of just checking in with myself throughout the day.

I expect a lot for myself.

Setting a goal, accomplishing it, and feeling good about yourself can help build confidence and perseverance.

When you’re 13 or 14, sometimes you wake up in a bad place. You feel like everything’s out of your control. You don’t know what to do.

I’ve done some meditation stuff like apps on my phone, but sometimes it’s just about breathing deeply taking some deep breaths and slowing my mind down and focusing and something simple that can really help quiet my mind.

I’m one of those people who writes out words. All of my text messages? You can read them. Everyone would know what I’m trying to say. My sister will say ‘BTW.’ Do you mean ‘by the way’? Is that what you’re trying to say?

Sometimes I have lapses of attention, and I can lose some points very quickly.

I enjoy lifting weights more than I enjoy getting on the treadmill to run.

I was getting, at like 18, ‘Why haven’t you won a Grand Slam yet?’

The second I was on the tennis court, I had the structure I wanted. I was in complete control of what I was doing.

My thought process when I’m on the court is always thinking about getting better, and thinking about how I’m playing. Thinking about it as a process, as the big picture and what I need to work on, instead of being close-minded and thinking, ‘I’m so nervous and have to win this match, if I don’t, it’ll be the worst.’

I’m not the best at hiding my emotions.

There’s just so much girl-on-girl hate. It happens to start in high school, and then it builds and gets bigger and bigger, and it seems like for some reason there’s this mentality that if another girl does well, she’s taking my spot.

My priority when I get off the plane and get to a city is get situated at the hotel and then go on site and get a good practice in. Sometimes working out can help with getting over jet lag as well.

I’m really lucky to have Lindsay Davenport as my coach. She was number one in the world, and she’s won Grand Slams, so if there’s any person who can help me get through, it’s her. Getting her advice is very special for me.

It can be tough and lonely on the road, but at the end of the day we get to play professional tennis for a living, and I wouldn’t change it for the world.

Love’ is a big step. It’s a big word. You have to work your way to it.

My mom and grandma always told me: if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all. It’s something everyone needs to be more conscious about. Putting more positive energy out into the world would be so beneficial.

It’s one of those things where eventually in your career, it kind of switches from being the young up-and-comer to someone who has had results and the other person is trying to raise their level to play. I think it’s a privilege.

I think my biggest thing is learning when to hit which serve when, not doing the exact same thing over and over. Because O.K., great, it’s 120 miles per hour, but they’re standing right there, and they just block it back.

I like weightlifting and cardio workouts, and I’ll do a lot of circuit workouts and plyometric as well.

I will never be able to say ‘Yeah, O.K., I’m good,’ you know? I will always want more, and more, and more.

I think it’s definitely hard for the people who just out of nowhere come in and they do really well and all of the sudden the spotlight is on them.

I can play the No. 1 player in the world in a pretty close match.

Since I came on the tour so young and I won my first match, I’ve had a lot of comments like ‘You’ll be a top player one day.’ I got to the point where, as nice as it was to hear that, I almost stopped listening to it. I was almost putting added pressure on myself.

You can get eight thousand great, amazing messages, and someone will send you one thing that you’re maybe self-conscious about, and that’s the only thing in your head for the rest of the day.

There is nothing like Wimbledon. When I think about tennis, I think about this tournament.

We do a lot of lifting, and mix it up with upper body and lower body. A lot of circuit training for cardio. I hate just doing long distance running, so I do 5 or 6 different exercises for 20 to 30 seconds then move to the next one.

I make a little goal every day and work toward achieving it – even if it’s the smallest little thing.

Being an American, we’re very lucky that all of the attention is very rarely just on one person. Unless you’re Serena – then it’s on you all the time.

I always watched these tournaments and want to be seeded and get the bye and be in the second week of Slams and all that.

I’ve had people ask me whether I’m concerned about wearing makeup into a match, for example. One year, an on-court commentator asked one of the girls to twirl after the match. Surely, he’s not going to go up to a man to ask, ‘Can you do a spin for us?’

If you’re not in my immediate circle, you’re not someone whose opinion I value.

Accept others for their differences, what makes them different. That’s what makes the world the world.

It’s, you know, kind of nice to be under the radar.

My mom has always been that person who keeps me grounded, and my two younger sisters are always cheering me on.

As far as cities, one of my favorite stops every year is Rome I think it’s super fun to play there, because the tournament is really cool and the fans are super engaged, but also you get to walk around going to dinner, and the history – it’s truly one of the most amazing cities in the world. I love it.

It was tough because I was on the road so much, on top of everything. I went through what every girl goes through emotionally in life, going through high school. It wasn’t easy.

For me it’s just never being satisfied with what I’ve done and always just wanting more and more.

I really wanted a tennis dress. My parents told me that if I played, they would buy me one. I was like, ‘Hey, I’ll try it.’

My first U.S. Open main draw, it was a big stadium and I wasn’t really used to it.

I definitely have been working a lot on the mental side of my game.

A lot of people just assume men’s tennis is better.

I loved dance, but tennis felt more natural to me. Dance did help with my rhythm and balance.

I think one big thing for me that I need to work on is being able to separate my feelings and emotions from my matches.

I think no matter who you are, or what you do, just be nice.

I try to live in the moment and not overthink things because then you start putting yourself in situations that you don’t want to be in pressure-wise.

I have one of those bodies that is just a little more injury-prone.

I have a specific routine before every match. I like to grip my rackets, because I feel that someone else won’t do it how I like them. But the biggest thing is that I don’t like to stress about my match all morning. Twenty minutes before, I’ll sit down and think about the game plan and warm up. And then I just play.

The expectation from other people kind of gets on me.

I love Dennis Quaid! I don’t know why, but I’ve loved him forever.