Words matter. These are the best Sania Mirza Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
As you grow older, it’s harder to stay fit. Every day you wake up with pain, muscle aches which you don’t know you had. I have to work harder on me than I used to when I was 18 years old. It takes me longer to recover now.
I have a passion for playing tennis and enjoy the workload and struggles of performing in this amazing global sport.
I don’t think I’m old enough or experienced enough to give anyone any guidance. All I would like say is that as long as you’re having fun, I think you’re doing the right thing.
As I came to the lime light, the media asked me many questions. A lot many moral policing… ‘Wear this, wear that, why a T-shirt?’ Everybody has the right to form their opinions, and I have the right to ignore them.
I miss singles terribly, but it is a choice I make because I don’t feel I am good enough anymore. I don’t want to be 100 odd in the world and still play for the heck of it.
I love any kind of food. I don’t have a sweet tooth, but I love haleem.
On the tennis court, one needs a cool temperament, tremendous ball sense, reflexes, speed, hand-eye co-ordination, power, timing and peak physical fitness. Off the court, the player and support team need skills in planning, execution, travel, an ability to raise funds when needed, and several other talents.
No tennis player is perfect. Even if you’re world #1, I don’t think, you still have things to improve on, and I’m not even close to that. So I am going to have weaknesses in my game; I am going to have strengths in my game, but I still have time to develop a lot of things, hopefully, and we’ll see how it goes.
One of the thrills of playing at the top tennis centres of the world is to see the Indian flag go up whenever I’m participating in these events. That’s enough motivation for any Indian who has the opportunity to perform at these tournaments.
Fitness is defined differently by everyone, but for me, the most important thing is being healthy. As tennis players, what we do is not the healthiest thing. We almost abuse our bodies.
Negativity sells. I have been labelled a rebel. If I had been one, would I have got married at 23? Would I have been a straight A student?
I’m not a perfect Muslim; I think none of us are perfect human beings. I do the five pillars of Islam, you know, I pray five times a day.
I’m partial to stilettos. Stilettoes and long, flowing dresses are my new favourites.
I love Bollywood as a viewer, but going in front of the camera and singing and dancing is not my thing.
I will play with anyone for my country. I may have my personal preferences, but such preferences have never come in the way of playing for India.
I love salon days to pamper myself, do my nails.
I used to go swimming and passed the tennis courts every day, and that’s how it started. My mum said, ‘Why don’t you play tennis in your summer holidays because you have nothing to do except swim for an hour or whatever?,’ and that’s how I started playing.
I think people tend to forget that as celebrities we are still human. We have the same emotions – we cry, we have fun, we laugh, we get sad, and we get hurt. When something is written about you, which millions of people are reading, and it is not true, imagine how hurtful it can be.
Everyone dreams of playing Wimbledon and winning it. I am glad this dream came true for me so fast in my career. It feels great after so many years of struggle.
One win, and you’re on top of the world. Lose in the first round of the next tournament: you’re back to reality.
I haven’t thought of retirement yet, but when I stop enjoying the game or when injuries force me, I will quit.
I’m not a part of the glamour industry. I would like to focus on my game, and there are minimal chances of me getting into films.
As a young girl, I used to dream of giving an interview. You dream of stardom as a kid. People think they don’t want to be stars. Everyone wants to be a star! That’s the truth. Even grownups; they pretend they don’t want to be one and don’t care. But everyone wants to.
Tennis is a funny game, and it takes a life-time of keeping one’s eyes open on the circuit to have any chance of understanding the strange phenomena that exist in our exciting sport!
For some reason, every time I peak in my career, I injure myself. So, I’m constantly on the comeback trail.
