Quotes About Health

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 sail and play tennis, and I don't smoke or drink caffeine.

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.

My mother used to say, 'You gotta exercise.' She would really pound on me to exercise every day. She was very physically fit; she was on the basketball team in high school in St. Louis in the 1920s, when women didn't do that. And she taught me to play tennis, taught me to walk and run, and I ran for 30 years pretty religiously.

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

My family belongs to a tennis club in Valencia, California, so I always go there. I play a lot of tennis with my dad and swim. And I like to go to the gym there.

I'm not into the gym. I prefer dancing or tennis.

I've got a terrible knee from too much tennis.

I enjoy tennis, Pilates. I read magazines and love fashion.

The kids know what I'm doing when I exercise, and that's powerful. So don't just tell your kids to go play outside. Take a moment off your computer, put on your tennis shoes, hop outside and help them start their game and run off some energy.

My kids know the importance of being active - and that's why teaming up with the USTA was such an organic fit for me. They are making strives to get families outside - and using tennis as a way to get kids to stay active.

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.

I started sailing because I had to stop playing tennis so much, as I had bad knees.

I like physical exercise. I cycle, run, and play tennis and football with my son.

I played a lot of tennis when I was young.

I still play a bit of tennis, but only a knockabout to help with my recovery after a game.

When I get ready for a high-profile event, it's really about sleep and making sure I'm eating something healthy, and then it's always important to stretch to stay limber. No matter what, you want to feel as loose as possible, because it's easy to get full of excitement or tension with all that's going on.

I have problems with the trigeminal nerves, which may be triggered by stress and tension.

People don't realise how much tension they hold in their forearms.

One way to break up any kind of tension is good deep breathing.

Constant slumping increases the stress on the spine and joints, and can lead to headaches, neck and shoulder tension, and lower-back pain.

I believe our emotional tension can manifest itself physically.

I recommend people develop a fear of elevators, like I have. Even if something is on the tenth floor, I'm walking up. If you don't have claustrophobia, pretend you do and take the stairs everywhere! It ends up being so healthy!

I drink Jack Daniel's. I drink tequila. But you do it in moderation.