Tennis Quotes

Few would deny that blacks have become very dominant in athletics: football, basketball, track, now dominant in tennis and dominant in golf.

I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience.

There are not many Irish people playing tennis!

Safin, in his way, is very talented. It is a joy to watch them play; it is tennis of a very high quality.

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

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

Another little known fact about Amazing Tennis - the computer opponents are modeled after real people. In an odd turn of events, I joined a division 3 college tennis team at age 38.

My mother said I would have more chances to become a tennis player than a football player.

I really try not to read the tennis articles, because a lot of times they're guessing at how a player is feeling, and I like to keep myself kind of open minded about how I'm feeling, rather than have someone else explain to me what's going on.

It was so inspiring for me to watch tennis growing up. I thought I was really good playing, until my brother told me I wasn't!

I love tennis, but I just don't like grass.

Tennis lets you talk while you're playing.

Now I do bowling, golf, and tennis. I want to be a good bowler.

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.

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

Billie and I did wonders for women's tennis. They owe me a piece of their checks.

Tennis is more commercial these days.

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

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.

When I retired from tennis I wanted to do other things with my life.

In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf. I played three rounds in that Tahoe event, and I was drained. Mentally, not physically.

I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side.

To be honest, everything in my life outside of tennis is great. I'm doing amazing projects that, if I didn't have time off, I wouldn't be able to focus on.

Before, I would play a little hoops, a little tennis. Now it's more yoga, Pilates, stretching, some light weight work, push-ups, sit-ups, resistance things. When I used to live on the eleventh floor, I would take the steps. I don't do that so much now. I'm taking the elevator a bit more these days.

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

I think I've always had a decent perspective on wins and losses on the tennis court.

Right now, I'm at the top of the world in my game so my focus isn't on when I'm going to end. My focus is on playing the best tennis that I can, and there is no end to that.

I don't play tennis at all.

In the tennis world, there weren't a whole lot of Asians playing. You see it a little bit more now. The same can really be said for basketball.

When you are very little tennis should be fun, it should be a game.