22-year-old Iga Swiatek is a professional tennis player from Poland. Iga Swiatek is currently ranked world No. 1 in singles by the WTA.
At such a young age, Iga Swiatek already wins 3 major titles, including 2 French Open and 1 US Open. In her career so far, she wins 13 WTA Tour-level titles.
Here are 15 motivational quotes from Iga Swiatek:
Iga Swiatek Quotes
1. “It is important to have peace so you can focus on working. It is not only true for tennis players but for any person who wants to succeed and is doing extraordinary things.”
2. “I just believe that mental toughness is probably most important thing in tennis right now because everybody can play on the highest level. But the ones that are tough and that can handle the pressure are the biggest ones.”
3. “In everyday life, I think my sister had the biggest influence because she was the one I was watching everyday. I wanted to be like her, like every younger sibling.”
4. “The most inspirational player for me on tour is Rafa Nadal because he’s never giving up, and he can win matches even though everybody is thinking like he’s going to lose it.”
5. “Previous chapter is closed. Doesn’t matter what happened so far this season, good or bad. My minds need to be clear and I need to focus on what’s coming next.”
6. “I don’t feel I’m an activist, to be honest. I’m a person who wants to use my impact well in a way that is healthy for me and fits my current possibilities.”
7. “Get good people around you who are going to guide you a little bit and who are going to help you because you can play great tennis, you can have talent, but these are the people who are going to kind of in tougher situations be next to you.”
8. “Tennis is such a complicated sport that you’re never going to know why or what happened. I feel like if you work hard and you give 100% on every match, your chances are going to come.”
9. “You have to always change something. That is the key in tennis because we have so many conditions throughout the whole season, different balls, different racquet tensions.”
10. “Sometimes it’s harder to deal with success than the times you are losing.”
11. “I’m not trying to be a different person, I don’t have a magic fix for that. Perhaps there are people who can identify with me because they are introverts as well.”
12. “If I start thinking about records, or ‘I want to be the first in this, the first to do that’, it’s not good for me. I don’t want to be like I’m always chasing something.”
13. “Everybody’s going to have expectations so you just have to be in your own world.”
14. “There’s no point in thinking, ‘Oh, this streak is getting long. When am I going to lose?’ Or I don’t know, is it even possible to win so many matches? I just don’t think about it. I honestly kind of believe that the sky’s the limit and I can go even forward.”
15. “I feel like with everything that we are doing in tennis and with us being kind of examples for kids and for fans, we also bear some responsibility.”