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Daniela Hantuchova

"I started when I was six years old. My first coach was my granny, she was the best player in Slovakia."

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"I started when I was six years old. My first coach was my granny, she was the best player in Slovakia."

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Amber Hurdle

"How can a coach have any influence over a player that's making over five times more than he is?"

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Amber Hurdle

"And then ultimately what I tell the kids is: coaches can give you information, they can give you guidelines, and they can put you in a position. But the only person who can truly make you better is you."

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Amber Hurdle

"You know over 20 years I played for a number of managers and dozens of coaches. I don't know any of them that I didn't learn something from to help make me a better player."

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Amber Hurdle

"My high school coach was Ray O'Conner. He has coached a lot of players that have signed professional contracts, and many of those have gone on to play in the major leagues."

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Amber Hurdle

"I want to see if the player communicates with his teammates and how he responds to coaching. Another thing to remember is players' bodies can develop better than their skills."

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Amber Hurdle

"Coaching is nothing more than eliminating mistakes before you get fired."

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Amber Hurdle

"You are only as good as the coach thinks you are."

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Amber Hurdle

"It's difficult to compare coaches. You really can't compare them."

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Amber Hurdle

"She told me I wasn't playing for the coach, I was playing for myself."

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Amber Hurdle

"The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches."

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Daniela Hantuchova
"Well, actually I don't care what surface I'm playing on."

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Daniela Hantuchova
"I really enjoyed every minute of it. I mean, I've learned so much in the last week, I mean, just the way to play a real, real doubles. It was a great experience for me, and we had a lot of fun."

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Daniela Hantuchova
"But just maybe sometimes being even more patient. Even though I thought I did that much better this year, and sometimes, you know, make my opponents play that one extra ball, and just knowing how to play the big points better."

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Daniela Hantuchova
"It was a great time here in the States this year, and definitely I feel like I'm playing well again. I gained a lot of confidence in the last couple of weeks, and I just have to, you know, keep going and keep the momentum now."

Time

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Daniela Hantuchova
"I was not fighting myself at all as I used to."

Fight

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Daniela Hantuchova
"That's what I've been always saying, that I was always using the mixed doubles especially to improve my net game and being able to return a guy's serve, 'cause then when you play someone like Serena, you are little bit more prepared for that."

Being

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Daniela Hantuchova
"Yeah, I think there are many other important things in life, not just tennis."

Life

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Daniela Hantuchova
"I'm visiting my high school. Every half year I do the exams, and then this year I'm going to graduate."

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Daniela Hantuchova
"Well, I think, you know, the university and the high schools are also important, but depends how I'm going to do in tennis - well, I hope. I mean, it depends, so I don't know yet."

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Daniela Hantuchova
"Yes, yes, I'm very happy that I finally got through this match, beat No. 7 in the world. It's my best win so far. So I'm really happy the way I play today and felt really strong on the court physically, mentally."

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