Quotes About Performance

I had a degree from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, where they said, 'Mr. Jordan, please learn to pronounce your degree.' 'Cause I said I have a degree in 'thee-a-ter.'

Women's tennis is two sets of rubbish that lasts only half an hour.

One of the best sayings in tennis and sport is that pressure is a privilege.

When you're with another actor and doing something very intense, often you pull them over to your side, or they pull you over to theirs. But if you stay in your own truth, you can play that perfect tennis match. I always want to bring my power, but not in a way that eliminates the whole game!

Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments we had made without a plan. Improvisation without a plan is like tennis without tennis balls.

I always give Lindsay so much credit for her tennis game, for her attitude, for her person, and because of how she deals with all the things. I don't think people give her enough credit for how well she's doing.

To me, anyone with an Australian accent wielding a tennis racket is cool.

I have always believed that my job is to try and give my best on the tennis courts.

There is no such thing as bad luck in tennis. Just bad technique.

When my heart rate is so high, I seem to be able to play even better, without making bad decisions. It almost switches the mind off, so that I can play more instinctive tennis.

My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help to me.

My brother is a musician and I'm in tennis.

Sometimes you're talking to a tennis ball on a stick, and you have to imagine what is supposed to be there and trust that the editors and the animators are going to make it all convincing to the audience. You have to pull a lot from within.

Safin, in his way, is very talented. It is a joy to watch them play; it is tennis of a very high quality.

Comedy prepared me for drama. There are a couple techniques you can think of. One of my acting teachers said that comedy is like ping-pong, and drama is tennis. You take things a bit slower, so you do get to breathe more and take some more time.

I'm the Bjorn Boerg of table tennis.

You may not be playing your best tennis or having your best match; sometimes it's just not your day. The important thing is to believe in yourself, which starts with being confident in your abilities.

Tennis players we're always playing in center courts that feel like arenas. And when we get on the court and the crowd cheers your name or salutes you - it's like you're a gladiator in the arena. And everyone is cheering - and you're fighting, you're screaming, during your strokes - it feels like you're an animal, fighting for your life.

I want my tennis to speak for everything.

My best tennis at my peak was when I played a lot of matches.

There is a fear of emotion in tennis.

That's what I love about tennis: As an individual sport, you can't hide behind teammates.

Tennis is an individual sport, and I am quite a self-conscious person.

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