Tennis Quotes

Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be.

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.

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

We look for opportunities to play together including basketball, tennis, swimming, riding bikes and touch football. I try to provide a loving environment where we can play. I think that's good on so many levels - emotionally, for family interactions and, of course, physically.

The only way to quieten me is to invite me to a tennis match.

To act with a tennis ball and imagine it's a tentacle, or if you're in some kind of wilderness film and you go, 'Okay, we can't have a grizzly bear here, but imagine when you step over the rock there there's a grizzly bear.' I don't know. They're tough moments.

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.

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.

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

Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.

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

Tennis lets you talk while you're playing.

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

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.

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.

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