Quotes About Competition

It's really football, tennis, and golf that I watch other than hockey.

I have a TV Soap Boomerang award, and I always start my year with the Australian Open tennis! Tennis, soccer, you name it.

In tennis it's easy to get greedy - and one Grand Slam doesn't feel enough any more.

In tennis you move a lot. Golf you don't. In tennis, you can have a bad half-hour, but you can't in golf. You can lose the first set in tennis and still win.

I enjoy hitting tennis balls. I haven't lost any of the innocent parts of tennis. I just do it in front of less people.

Our view is that the very best data miners or statisticians can earn as much as the very best golfers or tennis players.

I want to play my best tennis at the Grand Slams.

I grew up surrounded by tennis, so I was obviously more interested in it than football - particularly as it's the most popular sport.

While I'm more of a soccer and tennis fan myself, I still enjoying catching some football games when I get the chance.

I think that tennis has been in a place for many years without any change. Davis Cup and Fed Cup has always been a very exciting platform for players because it is such an individual sport, and we get to play a team competition. We love being part of a team.

During high school, I would purposely lose tennis and squash matches to escape the agony of anxiety that competitive situations would provoke in me.

I have a passion for playing tennis and enjoy the workload and struggles of performing in this amazing global sport.

When I'm playing well because of my serve and trying to keep points shorter, I don't need to worry about my opponent. All I need to do is focus on myself and have them adjust to me rather than me adjust to them. That's when I play my best tennis.

There is this brutal side to tennis. It was invented as a game for kings and cardinals and people with a lot of power who didn't have to share the field with other players.

When I came on the tour, I thought, 'Why don't they treat tennis players the same way they look at football players?' Because I've got news for you: when they are on the pitch, they are not saying, 'Hello, how are you?' out there.

I'd love to see all the guys play their best because I think it's better for tennis.

You're asking too much of the women. They shouldn't be playing as many events as men. If tennis is best served by women playing events with men, so be it.

I was playing good tennis up until 100.

There are still going to be great players that are baseliners. That's the way tennis - courts, balls, everything - has shifted. But everyone has to find their own way to win. Not everyone can run around the baseline for five hours. I can't.

If you're playing someone you care about, it's tough, and I don't want to be in that situation. We are playing big matches for big points and prize money, and I take it very seriously. I relax when I'm outside tennis.

At the end of the day, it's just a tennis match. It's not the end of the world.

It is hard to compete with other sports. Badminton is a sport which, when compared with football and tennis, still needs promotion.

In the pros, tennis is all about individuals. In college, it's getting individuals to make points for the team.

It's always good to play tennis with a better player to bring out the best in you.