Quotes About Tennis

Never give up. Take what life throws at you and throw it right back. If life keeps throwing then you have a tennis match going. Learn to like tennis.

I was his tennis friend.

In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach.

Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for.

There is a fear of emotion in tennis.

Well, immediately we announced yesterday or the day before we're building, with my foundation, a youth tennis and learning center in Austin. I'd like to be hands on with that and not see it periodically.

I was practising with wet rubber balls just to get my reaction right, my hand-eye co-ordination right. Because sometimes wickets are softer, two-paced wickets, it helps to practise with a tennis ball.

You hear a few people saying that, you know, maybe some of the past male players like to watch me play or whatever else, just because I play a bit differently and maybe they can relate to it a bit more with a bigger forehand rather than a backhand, good serve and whatnot.

Every year, I have a tournament in Czech Republic, so there are a lot of things I'm trying to do. Sometimes the money goes towards children; sometimes it's for wheelchair tennis players. I try to change it so everybody gets something.

I believe that one version of the good in life can be defined by the moments I sometimes had playing tennis as a sixteen-year-old. You'd be out on the court and for an hour, two hours, sometimes an entire roasting hot day, and every single thing you hit would go in. Hit that ball as hard as you wanted, wherever you wanted, and it went in.

Well, I do feel that I carry the responsibility of representing my country wherever I am, and this responsibility came with the success that I had in last couple of years, not just myself but the whole group of tennis players that comes from Serbia. And athletes in general are, in this moment, the biggest ambassadors that our country has.

Whether I'd stopped playing professionally at 17 - or if I stop at 35 - tennis will always be a part of my life.

It is never too late to get into tennis! While I started playing at the age of 8 when my parents gave me a tennis racquet for Christmas, tennis is a lifelong sport that can be enjoyed by people of almost any age. It's also something you never forget once you learn.

Tennis was a white, upper-class sport, and I wanted it to be treated like other sports were.

Tennis has always been at the forefront of equality between men and women's prize money.

Since I was like eight, I always wanted to be playing pro tennis.

I knew I was going to play pro tennis when I was 12.

I actually tried quite a few racquets in college before I turned pro.

Tennis is such a physically demanding sport, and it can be so rough on the body at the pro level.

Every time I tour, I find a pro - I go to the local tennis center in that country, wherever it is and I play.

When I turned pro, it was one of my goals to get ranked in the top 50. I didn't really feel the pressure. I had some fear but at the same time I was happy to play tennis and playing stronger players.

Coming from a country that loves tennis, actually, there are a lot of people who play. We definitely face a lot of challenges when it comes to producing tennis players.

I like to watch the men play. I like the way that they're playing, and I can always learn something from them. They're playing differently than the women, so I like to learn from them as well.

I think when it's a high-stress situation, my tennis definitely takes a big dip.