“Don’t make things too complicated. Try to relax, enjoy every moment, get used to everything.”
― Angelique Kerber
“You will always have ups and downs in your life and your career, but just stay positive and go for it.”
― Angelique Kerber
“Just follow your dreams and be patient.”
― Angelique Kerber
“My grandfather has a big influence on me; without him, I wouldn’t be where I am now.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I’ve had many ups and downs before, and I think it’s always darkest before dawn.”
― Angelique Kerber
“Just do what you love. This is what I am doing.”
― Angelique Kerber
“The hard work pays off.”
― Angelique Kerber
“Serena, for me, is one of the best players in the world. She is a great person and a great champion.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I think the message from me is that you can work very hard, and someday, the work will pay off.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I am trying to be nice to everybody, and then, of course, everybody’s nice to me.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I am proud that everybody is knowing me on the streets and airplanes and airports.”
― Angelique Kerber
“Sometimes it’s better to not read too much, to not listen to everybody.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I just have to play my best against my opponents.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I just remember celebrating my 18th birthday at home, so that was a big party.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I just go out there, try to play my game.”
― Angelique Kerber
“Patience, discipline – giving everything on court… This is what I’m trying to bring in every single match.”
― Angelique Kerber
“The ranking… it’s just a number.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I know what to do to go for it and just take the game in my hands.”
― Angelique Kerber
“To see that hard work paying off is very good.”
― Angelique Kerber
“Everybody loves Wimbledon, with all the tradition and everything else.”
― Angelique Kerber
“On clay, you know that you have much longer rallies, and you must run for maybe two or three hours.”
― Angelique Kerber
“Nobody has anything to lose against me. And everybody would like to beat me.”
― Angelique Kerber
“First-round matches are always tough.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I have a team around me to support me.”
― Angelique Kerber
“For me, it’s important to have a team and coach and manager that I know, and they know me, so they are not coming to me with everything.”
― Angelique Kerber
“Having a team that I trust is, for me, really important.”
― Angelique Kerber
“Now I can say I’m a Grand Slam champion, and it sounds really crazy.”
― Angelique Kerber
“Of course it’s tough to reach the number one place and also winning grand slams.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I will always enjoy it, that I was one day the Number One, even, like, when I look back in five years.”
― Angelique Kerber
“When I was a kid, I was always dreaming to one day be the No. 1 player in the world, to win Grand Slams.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I’m feeling good about my movement on grass courts; I can serve a little bit better. This makes me much more dangerous than on hard.”
― Angelique Kerber
“Of course, you have always the goal for years to go there and to reach the top, but then if you are there, you actually don’t know what to expect.”
― Angelique Kerber
“To play against Serena in a final is something special. You know you must play your best tennis.”
― Angelique Kerber
“My dream was always to win a grand slam, and my second dream was to be No. 1.”
― Angelique Kerber
“At the end, I have to take the court I get scheduled on.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I did a few TV shows in Germany, lots of media.”
― Angelique Kerber
“Clay is not my surface; everyone knows that.”
― Angelique Kerber
“My whole life, I’ve been working really hard, and I can say I’m a grand slam champion.”
― Angelique Kerber
“Just having what’s important, to have people around you to support and take care of you. That’s the most important thing when you are a professional athlete.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I’m not a machine.”
― Angelique Kerber
“To win the major, you have to play two weeks your best tennis and deal with a lot of things around, to put things together so to be really focused.”
― Angelique Kerber
“It doesn’t matter which court I’m on.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I’m ready for every single match every single day.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I’m one of the best players in the world. I think I can be proud about this.”
― Angelique Kerber
“’Nothing to lose’ means I can go out there and try to play like I’m playing, without pressure, without nothing.”
― Angelique Kerber
“It’s always hot in Australia.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I know that I can beat everybody, and this is what also gives me a lot of confidence and motivation for going out there and playing with a lot of emotion.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I know how to win big matches.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I really love New York.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I just go out and play my best tennis.”
― Angelique Kerber
“It’s not like the world No.1 spot is always in my mind.”
― Angelique Kerber
“Puszczykowo is an important place in my life. I feel like I am at home there.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I knew that I have the game to beat the best players.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I really tried to play more intensely in practice and not play like maybe two, three hours just like that. I just go to court and spend a lot of hours as well on gym, or just make a lot of sprints and movement.”
― Angelique Kerber
“It’s something nice to be number one, of course, but there are much more expectations.”
― Angelique Kerber
“Winning the second grand slam, it was a bit different. I don’t have anything to prove anymore. I am at the top: number one.”
― Angelique Kerber
“My priority is always playing tennis and practising and doing my schedule with my tennis.”
― Angelique Kerber
“Against Serena, you never know how she’s serving.”
― Angelique Kerber
“It’s a new situation. Of course, you have always the goal for years to go there and to reach the top, but then if you are there, you actually don’t know what to expect.”
― Angelique Kerber
“If the day ever comes when I am world No. 1, then great, but for me, the biggest dream was to win a slam, and I did it.”
― Angelique Kerber
“When you know you can run forever on court, you’re not worried that you can play three sets. I think this is really important for your confidence.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I don’t like to come to tournaments, like, one week before, because I just need, like, a few days, and then I’m ready to go for it.”
― Angelique Kerber
“My game was always about good defence.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I feel German, that’s for sure. I grew up in Germany, I went to school in Germany and most of my friends are there. I play for Germany.”
― Angelique Kerber
“We have a good relationship, but she is completely different than me. My sister, she is not sporty at all.”
― Angelique Kerber
“Germany is, of course, my country.”
― Angelique Kerber
“When I was growing up, I was watching Steffi… she taught me, actually, that I’m on a good way and try to believe in myself.”
― Angelique Kerber
“The Germans must be together.”
― Angelique Kerber
“When I won my first Grand Slam in Australia, and we came back, I had much more confidence. I had much more belief in my game, about my improvement.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I was trying to be improving my game, being more aggressive, and not just playing from the defensive end.”
― Angelique Kerber
“I won my second Grand Slam in one year. That is the best year in my career.”
― Angelique Kerber
“Everybody knows I’m not a clay-court specialist. I’m not feeling so well on this surface.”
― Angelique Kerber
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