Once you taste the sweet honey, you want more of that.

I don't have superstitions because I think sometimes they work against you because, if something happens to disturb them, you feel nervous.

It's so rewarding to succeed in what you like to do that you don't really think about what you have to give up.

I think I'm always nervous, even if I play not on the center court.

I just thought at Wimbledon I was very nervous.

I always play with a very high ponytail so that my hair doesn't bother me.

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.

I was about three years old when I started playing in Venezuela with my two older brothers. They're 12 and 11 years older, so I was always the little one.

The best thing is being part of history and achieving something you've dreamed of.

I think people have this love-hate relationship with tennis. I also feel like that.

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

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

When you're tired, you say, 'Hey, I need to rest from tennis or something.'

People only see two hours of a tennis match where you're fighting and running and sometimes getting upset. There's a lot more than those two hours. Going out there and playing is actually the easy part.

I started in a very small tennis club in a South American country where I never thought about becoming the best tennis player.

I was always following my brothers. If my brothers hadn't played, I never would have picked up a racket. Tennis isn't the most popular sport in Venezuela.

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 let my racket do the talking.

Once you step on the court, you see the crowd, you see the final, you see I'm here playing another Wimbledon final.

I don't know a lot of people who achieve what they have really dreamed of as a little girl.

I have routines but not superstitions.

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!'

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

For me, it has an extra value to be able to beat the Williams sisters in the finals, because they are just so good. For me, it's proof of being literally the best player in the tournament.

It is a time for women's tennis to return to the light, as it were, and be on a par with men's tennis, which is at a very high level.

To have Serena in the Wimbledon final, I think, is the hardest match you can have.

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

The problem we have in the WTA circuit is that the girls do not have a good relationship because we play against each other, and it's a sport.

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

When I was young, I looked up to Martina Hingis.

I always come very motivated to the Grand Slams.

Is very hard to find, like, a recipe to feel good fitness-wise, tennistically, mentally.

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

If I lose the first set, I still have two more. Let's not make a drama, you know.

I adapt more to the match for the second set.

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

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.

You can have a couple of games where you play bad or very good. I think I'm a type of player that days before I know how I feel, if I'm playing good, if I'm playing bad. This is not like lottery here.

I like to dance to Latin music, like salsa, like reggaeton.

My father is Spanish, and he went to Venezuela looking for a job. He was 20 something, and he fell in love with a Venezuelan girl. He owns a company there, producing iron and bronze.

When I came to Spain, I joined a tennis academy, and that was where I learnt the game.

It's true that my body's not small and my style is not defensive. I am aggressive, and I am tall.

I couldn't be accepted into tennis school because I was too young. I had to wait a year until I was four before they'd accept me.

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

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

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

When you're a kid and practice on clay, you're always, 'Oh, I wish I could win Roland Garros.'

I grew up, and my body was not like a Spanish player. I was tall. I had a powerful game; my arms were long, so I'm like, 'No, you can't play like Spanish players.'

There's no room for being disappointed or for excuses, 'Oh, I had four match points.'

I was like, 'Did I win Roland Garros? What happened?'