Quotes About Dedication

When I came to Spain, I joined a tennis academy, and that was where I learnt the game.

I think people have this love-hate relationship with tennis. I also feel like that.

When I don't enjoy it anymore, I'll stop. But I think as long as people want me to be where the action is, I'll be there. I just love to play tennis.

I gave up tennis to study, but not before it had shown me how to focus and concentrate. It taught me self-discipline: I was playing four or five hours a day and doing five-mile runs. When I stopped, my energy had to be channelled into something else.

My family are tennis coaches, and they always brought me to the tennis club. I basically had no other option than to start playing tennis.

Cricket and tennis are very different skill sets, but I've played tennis all my life, so it's a lot easier coming back than learning how to face a cricket ball for the first time.

I played a lot of tennis when I was young.

Maybe sometimes I don't look like that I'm really enjoying being on the court and playing tennis, but inside, I'm really enjoying it.

I'm glad that I can play the tennis that I always wish to play.

I started playing tennis when I was 4 or 5 years old.

I'm really happy to be back on the court to play tennis, to really do what I love.

Tennis was a big part of my life from as far back as I can remember.

I was all for basketball, and I made the decision to play tennis.

I really enjoy tennis, but football's the game for me.

Tennis is a big thing in the Czech Republic.

I know it's just sport; it's just tennis.

I've always been a person who likes to take care of myself, but there is so much to do behind the scenes, and I love to just focus on the tennis.

I have six racquets and usually two pairs of tennis shoes with me. Most of the time, the shoes can last two or three weeks if I'm playing all the week. I'm not the kind of player who slides a lot, so I just need one extra pair in my bag.

I can tell you that tennis is a huge motivation for me.

Tennis is very tough.

I played tennis when I was younger. I don't know if I could have been a professional, but I am still passionate about it.

I play tennis because I like it.

Even as a kid, I'd kick a tennis ball against a wall with both feet for hours. That was one way to become two-footed.

I'm the kind of guy that I cannot just lock myself in the room and just think tennis for 24 hours.