Tennis Quotes

Acting with Denzel is like playing tennis with someone that's better than you. You either play better tennis or get blown off the court.

You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.

Yeah, I think there are many other important things in life, not just tennis.

I felt sad because everyday I had to wake up early to practice before going to school. After school I had to go back to tennis again, and then after tennis I had homework. I didn't have time to play.

It was simple reality - most competitive tennis players in my day were privileged, spoiled, entitled and white. Also, many of them were beautiful, fit, tan and of good stock - great big hair and white teeth and long legs. Then there were the rest of us.

Once in a while I'll get moved to do some exercise. It's something I long for but the biggest problem is bending down and putting my tennis shoes on. Once I go out I'm OK.

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

My parents paid me small amounts for cleaning my room or cleaning the dishes and stuff, but I never really had a real job before I started on my professional tennis career.

Teach a child to play solitaire, and she'll be able to entertain herself when there's no one around. Teach her tennis, and she'll know what to do when she's on a court. But raise her to feel comfortable in nature, and the whole planet is her home.

The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said, 'A civilization is judged only in its decline.' That made sense to me. I would imagine the same is true for poets and tennis players.

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

I used to cut guitars out of a piece of cardboard to copy the Strat look. I used a backwards tennis racket for a while and graduated to the cardboard cutout.

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

I did realise more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business.

I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.

If I was the type of person who had tennis, tennis, tennis all the time and I went to bed and ended up dreaming about tennis, I would go nuts.

To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.

Tennis and golf are best played, not watched.

It's more a tennis problem than a mental problem. The transition is difficult. It depends how much time you have. Playing on grass can sometimes be a bit of a lottery.

My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.

I always try to have something that keeps my mind relaxed, keeps my mind a little bit off tennis.

I started when I was 8 years old, which is obviously nowadays pretty late, but I guess in my generation it was all right. I had plenty of other interests and I didn't do only tennis.

I'm not saying I'm something special. I might play a little better tennis than other people, but it is because I was given the chance, and not many people are.

I never thought tennis was going to give me so much satisfaction.

In Hollywood people lie to each other and cheat each other and then go and play tennis. But I don't want to be a tennis player.

Seems like most of the kids today are into other sports other than tennis.

Anybody who can dial a telephone can master tennis scoring in about 15 minutes.

There are a lot of good memories, and because I was injured, during the rehab, I met my wife. The tennis was very good but the injuries were good for something too.

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

As tennis players, we work and we sacrifice many things. To lose, that's not a happy thing - I mean sure, I was disappointed. You have to come back strong. But to win the last point in a grand slam tournament, that's the most beautiful and most satisfying feeling you can get as a tennis player. It's worth it.