Quotes About Athletics

I look at our sport as the same as tennis. Male and female tennis is very, very different. The men's is more quick and powerful, and the women's is more about finesse and has more rallies - and that's the same with men's and women's football.

I'm a softball player. I'm a soccer player. I played tennis every day. I love being outside.

I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies.

My best tennis will be when I'm 24, 25.

It's true I always try to be as seductive as possible but I wouldn't be here if I couldn't play tennis.

Seems like most of the kids today are into other sports other than tennis.

If I stay healthy and I'm playing good tennis I have as good a chance as anybody.

I don't play tennis at all.

Serena and I have done some great career planning, and we're playing really at the peak of our tennis right now. I think tennis has been a sport where people play this insane schedule from 14 years old, so of course at 26, it's over. We've really paced ourselves.

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

I'm only seeing tennis balls these days. And maybe the occasional fashion sketch.

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.

I have to use other things to help my tennis, like my brain. But I believe that, even when your muscles are not so fast, with the brain and with concentration you can compensate.

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've got a terrible knee from too much tennis.

I do rock climbing and tennis.

Earlier in my career, I used to spend a lot of time practising my tennis on court. Now I've learned that it's better to do just a couple of hours on court and two gym sessions a day. That's what's made me fitter and stronger.

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.

So, yeah, Dad was right. Tennis was the way to go.

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.

I think if people were to look at badminton and tennis, they'd see they're actually very similar; the profile would increase, and we might be in a better position as a sport.

I did everything - swimming, dancing, and badminton as well as tennis. It was always tennis that I really loved, though.