Quotes About Athletics

I love playing tennis. I am an exercise freak.

Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone.

I spent a whole year when I was injured just trying to get my arm back to the point where I could hit a tennis ball for more than 30 minutes a day. I'd hit for 15 minutes and it would feel as if my arm was going to fall off.

You don't just have to be skilled and talented at tennis, but you have to be so physically strong.

When I was growing up, I played a lot of different sports. There was a time when I was playing field hockey, tennis, and soccer at the same time. I was actually quite good at all of those sports.

I think, for me, I just really want to have fun with every match that I play because tennis is a game.

Nobody actually played tennis in my family.

Billie Jean King is one of the all-time tennis greats; she's one of the superstars. She's ready for the big one, but she doesn't stand a chance against me. Women's tennis is so far beneath men's tennis; that's what makes the contest with a 55-year-old man the greatest contest of all time.

Women have it better in tennis than any other sport, but you shouldn't push them to play more than they're capable of playing.

Even though there are a lot of bright tennis players out there, you still have to protect yourself and save all your mental and emotional energies for tennis.

I played tennis and softball, and we had horses, growing up.

I was a child who was interested in sports, and represented my school in football, cricket, badminton and table tennis.

I play tennis five hours a week, from Monday to Friday, for one hour every day. I like to be fit. If I can't exercise, I feel bad - I need to sweat and run to feel like I'm in good shape.

I do play tennis, but I don't really like competition. I'm supposed to be so intense, but I hate competition.

I'm a huge tennis fan, so the game I play the most is 'Top Spin.' You really have to know how to play tennis to get good at this game - whether you want to hit a forehand or a backhand, when's the best time to hit a slice - it's so real.

When I'm relaxed, I play my best tennis.

Tennis, for me, every time I went out on the court, it just gave me such joy to play.

It's important to work the core in all planes of movement, as we move in all three planes in tennis, especially into rotation and anti-rotation movements.

I used to play a lot of racket sports, tennis and squash.

When I wasn't playing with Barbie dolls, I was always playing with different kinds of balls, and my dad said, let's try tennis.

When I'm playing football, it's what I know; it's what I'm good at. The spotlight is not just on you: you're with 10 of your team-mates. I could have done other sports, like tennis and athletics, but I like being part of a team where it's not just about you; it's about everybody.

To play against Serena in a final is something special. You know you must play your best tennis.

My tennis skills are okay.

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