Mary Pierce Quotes

• "I am the same as I always will be. I'm French and I'm American. I was born in Canada. I love living in America, and I love playing the French Open in front of my French people, who support me."
• "I haven't accomplished everything that I want to yet in my career, that's why I'm still playing. I just know that I still have something left inside of me to accomplish, and I don't know exactly what that is. Hopefully, I'll know one day soon."
• "I'm a different person off the court than I am on the court, where I'm very competitive, a perfectionist, and I can be hard on myself sometimes. Off the court, nothing really bothers me. I'm easy-going."
• "I'm pleased with the week. It wasn't such a bad effort in getting to the final and playing five matches in five days."
• "I'm very sensible and emotional, before it was too personal, when the crowd was cheering me or not it meaned that they loved me or love me not. It was very important for me that French crowd love me. When they were whistling at me and cheering the other girl, it was hurting me so much."
• "Its super to play with Martina, and she has huge amounts of talent. We have a lot of fun."
• "My life off the court has changed. I'm feeling good inside, so I guess it shows on the outside too."
• "Staying in shape is important to me because when I feel fit and light on my feet, I feel I can get to all the balls and hit my shots the way I want."
• "Winning a Grand Slam changes everything. There is so much off-court stuff to deal with. And there are expectations of keeping it going that make it tough."
• "I'm pleased with the week. It wasn't such a bad effort in getting to the final and playing five matches in five days."
• "I give all the credit to Kim because today she was obviously the better player; that is why she won. [on losing 2005 US Open]"
• "She's a great girl, you know. She's a champion. [on Kim Clijsters]"
• "What went wrong? What didn't? - it was just one of those days. Not my day really. [on losing in the Oz Open 06]"