Tennis Quotes

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

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

"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

"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

"I had not picked up a tennis racket in 15 years, so I tried"

Matthew Ashford, Actor

"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'd like to think I could have and should have won more, but that's not the point. And I was at the point where I was playing great tennis in the mid 80s - the type of tennis people hadn't seen before - and I was very proud of that"

John McEnroe, Athlete

"What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well"

John McEnroe, Athlete

"It's true I always try to be as seductive as possible but I wouldn't be here if I couldn't play tennis"

Anna Kournikova, Athlete

"I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies"

Anna Kournikova, 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

"It's that I have a good personality and am a good tennis player"

Anna Kournikova, Athlete

"When I was 12, every little girl in Russia was trying to wear her hair like mine and playing tennis"

Anna Kournikova, Athlete

"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

"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

"No, like I said, my dad was never really part of the tennis. His involvement around what I did with the tennis and with my mom and my grandparents was really not a part of my life"

Jimmy Connors, Athlete

"These girls play tennis first and foremost, the fact that many of them are very glamorous is a major bonus for any promoter"

John Lindsay, Politician

"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

"Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had"

Jimmy Connors, Athlete

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

Amelie Mauresmo, 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

"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

"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'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 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

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