Don't make things too complicated. Try to relax, enjoy every moment, get used to everything.
Angelique Kerber
Just do what you love. This is what I am doing.
You will always have ups and downs in your life and your career, but just stay positive and go for it.
Just follow your dreams and be patient.
I know how to win big matches.
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.
I'm not a machine.
The hard work pays off.
Having a team that I trust is, for me, really important.
I think the message from me is that you can work very hard, and someday, the work will pay off.
On clay, you know that you have much longer rallies, and you must run for maybe two or three hours.
I am trying to be nice to everybody, and then, of course, everybody's nice to me.
I will always enjoy it, that I was one day the Number One, even, like, when I look back in five years.
Germany is, of course, my country.
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.
I've had many ups and downs before, and I think it's always darkest before dawn.
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.
Clay is not my surface; everyone knows that.
I knew that I have the game to beat the best players.
My grandfather has a big influence on me; without him, I wouldn't be where I am now.
I just go out and play my best tennis.
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.
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.
Nobody has anything to lose against me. And everybody would like to beat me.
First-round matches are always tough.
I have a team around me to support me.
Now I can say I'm a Grand Slam champion, and it sounds really crazy.
Of course it's tough to reach the number one place and also winning grand slams.
When I was a kid, I was always dreaming to one day be the No. 1 player in the world, to win Grand Slams.
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.
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.
To play against Serena in a final is something special. You know you must play your best tennis.
My dream was always to win a grand slam, and my second dream was to be No. 1.
At the end, I have to take the court I get scheduled on.
To see that hard work paying off is very good.
I am proud that everybody is knowing me on the streets and airplanes and airports.
I did a few TV shows in Germany, lots of media.
I know what to do to go for it and just take the game in my hands.
My whole life, I've been working really hard, and I can say I'm a grand slam champion.
Sometimes it's better to not read too much, to not listen to everybody.
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.
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.
It doesn't matter which court I'm on.
I'm ready for every single match every single day.
I'm one of the best players in the world. I think I can be proud about this.
'Nothing to lose' means I can go out there and try to play like I'm playing, without pressure, without nothing.
It's always hot in Australia.
I really love New York.
I just have to play my best against my opponents.
It's not like the world No.1 spot is always in my mind.
