Top 55 Sofia Kenin Quotes

During the match I just try to put the emotions aside. I don’t have time to think about my emotions. I have to play one point at a time.

I love representing the US. I just love it.

I get involved when it comes to style and pretty looks on the court.

I know she’s a true champion, and she’s the best among the best. She’s obviously Serena for a reason. I’ve always watched her, so it will be a little different to be actually playing against her.

I feel like I’m doing a really good job with keeping my ground and staying focused, starting off strong in the third set, because obviously I don’t want to go too down.

Grand Slams are four tournaments a year, so of course those are the big ones, those are the ones that people and us players want to do our best at. It’s just high level quality of tennis.

Serena is such a great player and a true champion.

Dreams come true. If you have a dream, go for it and it’s gonna come true.

I’m always with my dad, and he’s my coach, and he just kept telling me, ‘You have to keep motivated, try to keep motivated.’

It’s not easy playing a fellow American. I obviously want all of us to do well.

I’m a bit hard on myself.

Of course, I believed in myself.

It’s not easy getting to a Grand Slam final.

I wanted to go pro, but having the option to go to college was important for me.

I’m going to try my best and do everything I can to compete and do everything I can to win.

I’ve watched Serena. I’ve been following her, all the slams she’s been winning. It’s a special feeling just to be ahead of her.

My dad plays every point with me. He sees the game so well, and knows exactly what to say to make me play better.

I literally practiced every day except on the weekends.

I’ve been there, done that. I know what the emotions are getting into your first Grand Slam final.

Yeah, I obviously do get nervous before the matches. I obviously have butterflies. I obviously want to do well.

It’s not easy to focus in practice when you don’t have any matches coming up.

I’ve always wanted to be No. 1 in the world.

I have part of Russian stuff inside me, fight and fierce that I have.

I usually don’t play really good on clay.

I just want to have an aggressive mind-set, try to take the ball out of the air and just come in.

Obviously, I want to do well in all tournaments, but if I had to pick, for sure Paris.

I want to show who I am, show my best tennis, show why I’m there, why I belong.

I feel like I’m playing some of my best tennis on clay. I’m sliding a lot, moving a lot. I know how to adjust to the surface, so I’m loving the clay.

I feel like mental toughness has been a huge part.

I’m just going to also focus on what I need to do, focus on my game.

Me, I’m a rising star for American tennis. I’m really proud to represent my country and hopefully I can keep going higher.

I feel like the fans are the best at the slams. Everyone is coming, they’re supporting you. It’s really special, makes it really special for us to play in front of them.

I tried not to focus on the fact that I’m playing Venus Williams and tried to focus on myself. To show that I’m Sofia Kenin is obviously the cherry on top.

Match play has really helped me. All the confidence that I’m getting is because of that.

I can’t go on the court crying because then it’s a big advantage for my opponent, so I have to wipe my tears, have a good warm-up, feel the ball and then start grooving in the game.

I’m not a player that’s going to grind at the baseline – I like to dictate and control the point and try to use my drop shot as a weapon.

I’ve looked up to Maria Sharapova, Anna Kournikova. I followed their matches when I was little.

Losing I really hate, and I love winning.

I don’t feel like I’m ever getting overpowered.

I wasn’t the tallest kid when I was little.

You’ve really got to, first of all, love the game, you got to love the competition, you got to love to compete.

But it’s always good to see youngsters taking over and playing great tennis. We have to get ready and prepare because they’re going to play better against us.

Immigrant stories are good stories for everyone to know.

Obviously I had great hand-eye coordination. I saw I was really different than other players.

In tennis, it’s usually you by yourself, so getting to be part of a team is really special.

I feel like I’m doing some great things for American tennis.

Just playing against Serena, you’ve really got to fight for every point.

The fight in me – I feel like that’s something you can’t teach. I feel like you’ve got to have that. You’ve got to have that belief and the passion.

Obviously I’m missing the city life.

I’m fierce. I’m very determined, and always had that in me. I didn’t have to train myself to be the way I am.

I guess maybe it doesn’t matter how you serve, as long as you get it in. Yeah, that’s worked for me.

Serena is such a tough player.

I didn’t want to overthink things because you can start overdoing it and get anxiety.

Definitely I feel with more matches, I’m the type of player I win a match or few matches, then I get confidence right away and then I play better and better.

Some players lose motivation, but going to the court every day helped me.