Tennis Quotes: Inspirations from the Court (Page 2)

"There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me"

Anna Kournikova, Athlete

"Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis"

Arthur Ashe, Athlete

"I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments"

Arthur Ashe, Athlete

"Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together"

Uta Hagen, Actress

"I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket"

Gabriela Sabatini, Athlete

"Tennis and golf are best played, not watched"

Roger Kahn, Writer

"Since a month, two months ago, you know, I've started hitting the ball well. I'm playing some really good tennis. That really helps. I sort of have to motivate myself to get pumped up. It really helps my game a lot"

Stefan Edberg, Athlete

"I was very lucky in as much as I played a lot of tennis"

Dabney Coleman, Actor

"This trophy is so special in the world of tennis and it feels great"

Amelie Mauresmo, Athlete

"Tennis just a game, family is forever"

Serena Williams, Athlete

"If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration"

Serena Williams, Athlete

"It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with psychologists to try and see what was happening. They pushed me really hard"

Gabriela Sabatini, Athlete

"Unlike in my young days I'm not able to eat, drink and sleep tennis"

Amelie Mauresmo, Athlete

"I am here to play women's tennis. I'm a lady. Predominantly, most of the time I always like to play ladies"

Serena Williams, Athlete

"Stop trying to treat music like it's a tennis shoe, something to be branded. If the music industry wants to save money, they should take a look at some of their six-figure executive expense accounts. All those lawsuits can't be cheap, either"

Jeff Tweedy, Musician

"Family's first, and that's what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game"

Serena Williams, Athlete

"Tennis has had a very positive impact on my life"

Gabriela Sabatini, Athlete

"What these guys are doing is great for Argentinean tennis. This is motivating other people"

Gabriela Sabatini, Athlete

"I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence"

Gabriela Sabatini, Athlete

"I love swimming, tennis, and I am taking up golf. I am not serious about it, I just go to the range and practice. Other than that, I enjoy going to the movies and hanging out with my friends"

Mila Kunis, Actress

"I don't make a habit of watching tennis matches, but I try to watch all the major finals. I try to make time for that. So unless I have something going with the kids where I can't, I try to watch, and I enjoy that"

Ivan Lendl, Athlete

"It's a great moment for Argentinean tennis, more on the men's side. I would like to see more on the women's side. I think we have to work a little bit more on that"

Gabriela Sabatini, Athlete

"I enjoy tennis, though don't play very often nowadays, and skiing... oh yes and swimming"

Roger Moore, Actor

"I was in the tennis bubble. I wasn't thinking about the big picture. I didn't notice what they said on television, I wasn't reading any papers. I had a coach and a manager, and they kept me in the bubble"

Boris Becker, Athlete

"It's silly to say it about a tennis player, but I'm an unbelievable hero in Germany. And Germany needs heroes more than any place"

Boris Becker, Athlete

"Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing"

Boris Becker, Athlete

"Girls had never been important. I'd had a girlfriend or two and had liked them a lot but it wasn't love, because my first love was tennis"

Boris Becker, Athlete

"I'm really trying to focus myself on playing tennis, and I think that's really important"

Stefan Edberg, Athlete

"A good thing is I've been playing tennis I think every day for the last two months. I really haven't had a day off. I've been doing things that I did used to do"

Stefan Edberg, Athlete

"I love the feel of hitting the ball hard, the pleasure of a rally. It is these things that make tennis the delightful game that it is"

Helen Wills Moody, Athlete

"I haven't seen the film yet because I just got in from London. In the scenes where the two characters are bantering with each other, it is like bobbing at the net in tennis"

Albert Finney, Actor

"I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis"

Sally Ride, Astronaut

"Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine"

Sally Ride, Astronaut

"Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified"

Virginia Graham

"There was endless action - not just football, but sailboats, tennis and other things: movement. There was endless talk - the ambassador at the head of the table laying out the prevailing wisdom, but everyone else weighing in with their opinions and taking part"

Charles Spalding

"What I want out of tennis is not necessarily just winning"

Jennifer Capriati, Athlete

"You don't need to know who's playing on the White House tennis court to be a good president"

James Baker, Politician

"There's a lot of ingredients go into being a good tennis player"

Rod Laver, Athlete

"To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis"

Tracy Austin, Athlete

"I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships"

Tracy Austin, Athlete

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