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Jennifer Capriati [1976-0] American
Rank: 109
Athlete, Tennis player


Jennifer Maria Capriati is an American former professional tennis player. A member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, she won three singles championships in Grand Slam tournaments, a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics, reached the World No. 1 ranking, and is considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time.

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I feel like I've started a new chapter in my life, and I need to leave the past behind.
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Let me say that the path I did take for a brief period of my life was not of reckless drug use, hurting others, but it was a path of quiet rebellion, of a little experimentation of a darker side of my confusion in a confusing world, lost in the midst of finding my identity.
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This is the hardest thing I've ever done. The rehab has not gone as expected.
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But, you know, I just want to play well and have fun playing well.
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Yes, I made mistakes by rebelling, by acting out in confused ways.
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Now a lot has changed and I can separate a lot of things.
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Tennis is what I do and is part of who I am.
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What I want out of tennis is not necessarily just winning.
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I just want to get to the level where I can say that that's my level, just try to play well, get up there.
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I do still have some of the experience from playing, but it's been so long since I've been out in those quarters, semis, finals, the important final matches, just against the top players.
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I had an instinct before and maybe now I don't have that instinct as much as knowing what to do, what shots to hit, where to place the ball, things like that.
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It doesn't matter whether I qualify or wildcards.
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I know there is much mystery, much question to what happened, and I must also say, many lies.
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I mean, I feel like just a new person completely.
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I mean, obviously, a lot of people know me around the world. Kids know me.
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You know, I'm confident before I go out and play a match that I know, you know, I've put in the work and like I feel confident that I am going to go out there and play well.
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I was an emotional basket case.
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It wasn't my tennis that made me lose, it was a lot of different things going on, high drama, high emotion.
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Coming back after the layoff, I wasn't really sure what to expect.
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I'm happy with what I've done but it's a challenge to try to win more.
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To win Grand Slams you have to be in the right frame of mind, the right physical shape.
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