Quotes About Determination

We didn't have football boots, and we used a broken tennis ball instead of a football. I didn't use a proper ball until I was 11.

It's not only about a game and tennis, but it's more about the mental things sometimes.

Everyone knows how to play tennis, but it's the mind that really controls everything.

I think, of course, when you are coming somewhere, when you know you are playing good tennis, it always helps you.

I think tennis is very different than most of the other sports when you have the opportunity to go pro. For me, it was pretty simple. Tennis was always an individual sport, and your direct results determined where you could go and what you could do.

I can tell you that tennis is a huge motivation for me.

Even as a kid, I'd kick a tennis ball against a wall with both feet for hours. That was one way to become two-footed.

It's good when you're out there on a tennis court. There's nowhere to hide. It's all you, tactically, physically, mentally.

Every time I go out onto a tennis court, I know what to expect.

I did a really good job of sticking to the tennis court.

I would blast AC/DC and walk out onto the tennis court and try to hit the ball hard.

The second I was on the tennis court, I had the structure I wanted. I was in complete control of what I was doing.

Every good tennis player has to have a short memory. Good or bad.

Nick Kyrgios, if you don't want to be a professional tennis player, do something else.

Masculinity comes from your look, all the way down to your attitude. It's a big part of being a tennis player. Even though tennis is a fairly friendly sport, intimidation is still a big part of it.

When I told people that I wanted to grow up to be a tennis player, they laughed at me. My dad has always been supportive, but he was laughing, too.

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.

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

I'll prove that I'm going to be the best tennis player, one day, to play this game.

There is so much that goes in to being a good tennis player. It's not just what you can do well on the court, it's between the ears as well.

I always just thought of myself as a tennis player.

My reality was that I would become a tennis player. I never had any doubt about it. It was my life.

I know I'm not the best tennis player there's ever been, but calling me a loser is just ignorance.

It's kind of a crazy thing to decide that you're going to be worth tens and tens and tens of millions of dollars and set out to do that. It doesn't suit everybody.