Mary Pierce
Mary Pierce
Mary Pierceis a French-American retired tennis professional who played on the Women's Tennis Associationtour. Born in Canada, she is a citizen of France, Canada, and the United States and played for France in team competitions and the Olympics...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth15 January 1975
CityMontreal, Canada
CountryCanada
compete goal masters
That's my goal for the end of the year, to compete in the Masters in L.A..
farther happen knows last means time
You never know, this could be my last one, ... Not because I want it to be, but who knows what can happen in life? So each time that I get farther and do better, yeah, it means a lot more to me now than before.
accomplish great inside time voice
There was just this little voice inside of me that said, 'You know, you're not done. Now is not the time to retire. You still have some great things to accomplish in tennis.'Â
inside voice
There was just kind of like this little voice inside of me that just said, 'You know, you're not done,'
achieve achieved anymore caught coming great high hungry noticed success tour win
I think before when I was first coming out on the tour and young, you know, you're very hungry to achieve and to have success and to make money, to win tournaments, to get a high ranking, just to be noticed and get contracts. All those kind of things you just get caught up with. For me now it's different because I have achieved a lot of great things in my career. I don't play for those things anymore now.
courts hard incredible kim
Kim has been incredible on hard courts this year.
whether
I think it is possible. Whether it happens, I don't know.
asks interact kid says top
If someone asks me a question, that says they appreciate what I do and that's nice. And I know what it was like when I was a kid to want to interact with a top player.
amongst best compete goes good high level
If all goes well and my body reacts well, and I feel I have a good high level to compete amongst the best then I'll come back and play.
became
I pondered what I should do and wasn't sure. Then it just finally became clear.
After I lost the first set, I was like, 'OK, I need to get help because I can't play this way.'
against fight great patty puts
Patty is a great player, she always puts up a great fight against me.
aim best game hope playing
I aim to keep going out and playing my game the best that I can. I've been playing well lately, and I hope it continues.
defensive focused happy played serve shots
Nathalie played very well, especially her defensive game. Sometimes, her shots were just too good, so I just focused on being aggressive. I was happy that I was able to serve out the match.