Quotes from Garbine Muguruza

Who would I think is the favorite? Well, to be honest, I think the top players. We are all very close, very equal.

I go for my shots with no regrets, even if I play to the fence.

To be able to make other girls play - and hopefully in Latin America as well - is very important to me.

A lot of people were saying, 'I think you will play good on grass,' and I'm like, 'There's no way. I hate grass. I'm horrible.'

I prefer to be hunted compared to the other way around... I don't know how you say it.

To see that I'm on a good path, that I'm improving, is what I want to feel.

When a kid comes next to you, and she's like 'Ooh, one day I want to be like you!' you're like 'Wow, that's so nice to hear!'

I try to focus on more winning matches here and try to go forward rather than the ranking because is the first step, to win matches, getting far in tournament, and we see after.

I didn't do anything special after the French Open, after winning the tournament. I just had a nice dinner with my team and family, but I was so exhausted that I went to sleep early and couldn't stay up.

For us, the Grand Slams are very important. When the Grand Slams come, you're thinking, 'OK, this is the tournament.' To lose there is disappointing.

I don't want to retire before the tournament starts for me.

The first tournament I ever played, I won. I was six years old.

I used to either lose in my first or second match or I would go very far in the tournament. So I've been saying to myself, 'Come on, you've got to get through these first two matches. They're very tough. Because afterwards you feel different.' So I'm really putting my energy into getting through to those later rounds.

I didn't play juniors, really. I only played Roland Garros juniors and maybe some European tournaments.

I moved to Spain, and at all the tournaments I'd play, I would be really good in my age. That made me realize that I could be a pro.

I always travel with my coach and with my physio. And then when I'm in Europe, my parents, maybe they come to events.

Being in a Grand Slam, doesn't matter what you did before, it's always nervous and excitement.

If you want to win a Grand Slam, when you dream, you say, 'I want Serena in the final.'

This is just a 'Boom!' of energy for me to win a Grand Slam.

I'm happy that once again I see myself winning a Grand Slam, something that is so hard to do.

Sometimes when you go into the match, you want it so badly. I think sometimes is tricky. It makes you a little bit, like, tense and nervous.

New York is a very tricky city. I find it very noisy. It's a jungle, and it's very stressful at times, but I'm ready for it.

All I want is to win matches, and the ranking sooner or later will come.

In Spain, if you don't follow football, you're dead. You don't have conversation.