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8 quotes by Jana Novotna

Olympic medal record Competitor for  Czechoslovakia Women's Tennis Silver 1988 Seoul Doubles Competitor for  Czech Republic Women's Tennis Silver 1996 Atlanta Doubles Bronze 1996 Atlanta Singles Jana Novotná (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjana ˈnovotnaː]; born 2 October 1968 in Brno, Czechoslovakia) is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among...
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I just wanted to play tennis. I started because I wanted to pick up another sport and then as I was slowly getting better I wanted to see how far I... →

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If we can make some kind of adjustments, maybe in the game, to make it interesting and slow down the surfaces, then it will be more fun and more... →

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I think it was the right time for me to retire because nowadays tennis is too incredibly fast and you can say that my style tennis went out of... →

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I started when I was 8 years old, which is obviously nowadays pretty late, but I guess in my generation it was all right. I had plenty of other... →

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I was maybe only 13 or 14 when I started to play junior tournaments.

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I would like to see it go back to the wood racquets. To see the touch put back in tennis.

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Seems like most of the kids today are into other sports other than tennis.

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I think no matter what you do you go through stages when you play. There was a number of times when I didn't do very well or was tired. It was... →

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