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Anna Kournikova Quotes

Anna Kournikova
( Photo credit: Art Seitz ©2010 )

August 29, 2004: "I don't want to prove anything to anybody. I don't want to convince anybody that I want to play [pro] tennis. If I can do it, I will be very happy. If I can't, too bad. I tried. At least I gave it my all."
-- Anna Kournikova, formerly world No. 1 in doubles and No. 8 in singles, sidelined during 2004 because of injuries that she hopes won't end her tennis career. From Fox Sport's documentary "Beyond the Glory."

2004: "If you saw me with my clothes off you'd see that my body is in great shape and ready to take on the world.... I could snap my fingers and have any man I wanted, but I have too much respect for myself for that.... People can look then wonder about the taste and the sensuous delights of the dish, but when it comes down to it they simply can't afford such an expensive luxury."

-Anna Kournikova

"It's not really a shorter skirt, I just have longer legs."

-Anna Kournikova

1994: "You won, but I'm prettier and more marketable than you."

-What Anna Kournikova reportedly blurted to Martina Hingis, after the older Hingis embarrassed her 6-0, 6-0 in the junior U.S. Open

1998: "I am beautiful, famous, and gorgeous."

-Anna Kournikova's favorite expression, according to her mother Alla

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