Quotes from Anna Kournikova


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I don't know what better teenage life you could get than going around the world doing what you love to do.


You don't think people would go on about my looks if I was No. 500 in the world instead of No.12, do you? Anyway, as I keep telling everyone, you can't blame me for looking like this on purpose.


Boyfriends have to understand me and my needs. They have to know what I want out of my life and about my strict regime. I go to bed at 10pm and not later. I separate my professional and private lives.


When I was 12, every little girl in Russia was trying to wear her hair like mine and playing tennis.


When I play, I feel like I'm in a theatre, why should I look ugly then, because I'm a tennis-player?


There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me.


My manager wants me to dress like a nun and I want to dress like a teenager.


Like any young person, I do what I want.


I worked very hard and I earned all the attention I'm getting.


I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies.


I just play for fun.


I've just done a commercial in the U.S. in which I talk about stocks, shares and bonds. Everyone is amazed. They ask me: 'You really know about that stuff or did you just learn it for the commercial?' I tell them I wouldn't do it unless I understood and had an interest.


The courts are as a stage, people love to see attractive players.


I've been judged my whole life. People always expected amazing things from me.


I think it's really important for me not to forget where I came from.


I grew up a little girl in the Soviet Union playing at a small sports club. Tennis gave me my life.


I believe in commitment. I believe in being open and trusting each other and respecting each other completely.


At this year's Open, I'll have five boyfriends.


A court is like a scene, people want to see attractive people.


At 16, 17, you have no fear. You don't think or analyze. You just play on automatic. You can get smarter as you get older, but in sports you can be too smart, you know?