Quotes About Competition

Tennis is very tough.

I play tennis because I like it.

We all know how to play tennis. We all know how to hit the ball. It's more just about those details - managing all those early rounds and just managing yourself to make sure you're ready for whatever is coming up next.

I think tennis was just in my genes.

I was super sporty in high school. I played tennis, field hockey, and lacrosse.

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

I got my first tennis racket on my seventh birthday. And because we had a tennis court in our backyard, I played every day. By ten I was playing competitively.

The most important thing is definitely success on the tennis court. I know that if I win matches, everything else will fall into place, and the money and sponsors will follow.

I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.

I'm 6ft 7in and I was a bit like a giraffe on the tennis court, though I did play at county level.

Tennis court, the results, yes, it gives me a feeling of accomplishment and knowing that all the work I put in is working. It's a great feeling. But happiness is something way bigger than tennis.

I grew up playing tennis. My father has a tennis court at his home in Bel Air and I was always watching him on the tennis court as a kid, he was a fanatic. I started playing seriously around ninth grade.

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.

I actually wanted to be a tennis player.

I was a tennis player in high school and college.

That top 100 is a big barrier that every tennis player strives to break into.

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.

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.

My dad was a professional basketball player, and my mom was a hell of a tennis player.

I played tennis. My older brother, Joseph, was a cello player, and I played the cello, but he was better than me at the cello, and he was also a better tennis player than me, so I was always like, 'I wish there was something that only I did!'

I am an avid tennis player.

Relationships are give-and-take, and when you're a tennis player, you're certainly not giving. You have to be self-absorbed. It has to be about you.

I used to play lots of sports. I used to be a good tennis player. I used to be a decent golfer.

It's very expensive to be a professional tennis player with all the travel and the flights and the hotels and everything.