“It is good to have a racket that you play well with, but for myself I ...” — Maria Sakkari Quote

“It is good to have a racket that you play well with, but for myself I also want to have a racket that looks nice.”

“By telling myself to be more brave, it's not like, 'Maria, now be brave, and you're brave.' It's just a process in practice and everything that has helped me to be more brave.”

“I run a lot. I lift a lot. A bit of everything, I would say.”

“People need to know that they can make a living. We are losing a lot of the best athletes to other sports at the age of seven or eight, which is exactly the time when you want to get a racket into their hand.”

“I was 7 years old and my dad gave me a wooden tennis racket.”

“I like the racket to be not very stiff, but not quite flexible - somewhere in between.”