Motivation Quote by Martina Hingis

Hingis is doing something athletes rarely do well on the record: she’s bargaining in public, and she’s doing it without romanticizing “the cause.” Calling the boycott “a bit too much” isn’t a retreat from women’s tennis politics so much as a warning about tactics that misfire when the product is finally gaining leverage. The subtext is pragmatic: if women’s tennis has spent years fighting to be treated as a headline act, disappearing from the stage can look less like principled pressure and more like self-sabotage.

Her real argument is compressed into two phrases: “we’re accomplished so much” and “we deserve something better.” That “we” matters. Hingis frames the issue as collective labor, not individual celebrity. It’s a reminder that recent success on tour - increased visibility, stronger fields, a more marketable rival ecosystem - isn’t just feel-good progress; it’s negotiating capital. She’s implying that the sport has momentum, and momentum is currency. A boycott spends it fast.

The line also reveals the uneasy contradiction at the heart of women’s sports in the late-90s/early-2000s era: athletes are asked to be both grateful and grateful-looking, even while demanding structural respect (money, scheduling, promotion, facilities). Hingis rejects the gratitude script. “We deserve” is the pointy end of the sentence, shifting the conversation from moral approval to compensation and conditions. It’s not just about fairness; it’s about refusing to let recent achievements be treated as a favor that can be revoked.