Everyone else wants to hear ‘I wanna be Top 5,’ or ‘I want to be winning a Grand Slam.’ Those are all goals of mine, but I’m not going to put a time limit on them. Madison Keys Read Quote
My youngest sister does not like tennis at all, and she’ll be the first one to tell you that, which I find pretty funny. Madison Keys Read Quote
Both of my grandmothers have always been really good bakers, and I was always in the kitchen helping them. Obviously I can’t eat a lot of the things that I make, but just baking it and giving it to someone makes me feel really good. Madison Keys Read Quote
I always watched these tournaments and want to be seeded and get the bye and be in the second week of Slams and all that. Madison Keys Read Quote
I think the biggest thing is knowing that those thoughts of panic are probably going to go into your brain, and just accepting it… So that’s been the biggest thing. Not fighting it and trying to think I’m going to have the perfect mentality the entire time. That’s not going to happen. Madison Keys Read Quote
Since I came on the tour so young and I won my first match, I’ve had a lot of comments like ‘You’ll be a top player one day.’ I got to the point where, as nice as it was to hear that, I almost stopped listening to it. I was almost putting added pressure on myself. Madison Keys Read Quote
I think it’s definitely hard for the people who just out of nowhere come in and they do really well and all of the sudden the spotlight is on them. Madison Keys Read Quote
I don’t really identify myself as white or African-American. I’m just me. I’m Madison. Madison Keys Read Quote
No one who has gotten second place at a Grand Slam is ever like, ‘Yeah, now I feel fine about it.’ Everyone wants the other trophy. But it inspires you to work harder and get yourself in that position again so that you can use what you’ve learned. Madison Keys Read Quote
