Martina Hingis Quotes
"I am number one in the world, so I have the right to be arrogant!"
— Martina Hingis, then seventeen, responding to suggestions that her comments sounded arrogant (1998).
"Sometimes I feel, been there, done it, now what? What more is there to prove?"
-Former No. 1 Martina Hingis, sidelined following ankle surgery, at age twenty-one
1998: "It does bug me, being No. 2.. When you are used to being a champion, it's like a drug-you want to be there again and again."
-Martina Hingis, eighteen, after losing the No. 1 ranking to Lindsay Davenport
2000: "I did things I should not have done. But people make mistakes, especially at my age, when you feel you are so smart, but in fact you are an asshole."
-Martina Hingis, on behaving like a spoiled brat in the 1999 French Open final
1997: "It's all the time, 'Tiger Woods, Tiger Woods.' I am better than he is. I've been on top longer and I am younger. I'm just better."
-Martina Hingis
1997: "I had a great year. You know, what can I improve? Sometimes I ask myself."
-Martina 'Hubris' Hingis, after winning three of the four Grand Slams at age sixteen
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