Quotes About Tennis

It is like a Davis Cup or a Federation Cup match in that way but instead of cheering for your country you are rooting for your local team.It really makes it fun for the crowds and gives fans a different look at tennis.

It's not easy playing a fellow American. I obviously want all of us to do well.

I like to have bright colors and to feel feminine on the court.

I think in fifth sets I'm really playing good tennis, more than any other sets.

Usually if you haven't figured out how you want to play tennis yourself, it is hard to accept the failures of playing five sets.

Andre Agassi is one of the world's most popular and admired figures. He has lived an extraordinary life, and he has a great story to tell.

If you look at the figures, the average age of the tennis fan is 62 years old.

I was 21 when I made the the finals of Cincinnati and finished 20 in the world, and thought it was going to come pretty easy.

I think I'm the first 1990-born guy to win a Masters 1000, so it's quite special to be the first one in a very strong group of guys. There are a lot of guys playing great, and hopefully there are going to be a lot more coming.

Well, Margaret Court was the first one, first professional woman - or maybe man - to actually take it into the gyms. She worked out on her body, she was very strong, very fast on the court.

I'm never going to be the fittest guy on tour.

Whoever has played tennis knows the court is pretty big and you always have space to put the ball in.

It's nice to know that whoever I walk out on court against, I feel comfortable.

After the abrupt death of my mother, Jane, on Sept. 5, 1991, of a disease called amyloidosis, my dad took up golf at 57. He and my mother had always played tennis - a couples' game of mixed doubles and tennis bracelets and Love-Love. But in mourning, Dad turned Job-like to golf, a game of frustration and golf widows and solitary hours on the range.

I just played football from an early age and didn't get involved in any other sports. We had tennis, cycling, ice skating - I'd like to have skated more, because it's so physical. Ten minutes on the ice and you really feel it in your back.

That first match on grass is never easy. The courts tend to be very green and quick, and it's quite difficult to move on.

I'm just glad Open tennis is here. It's great for the game. That's more important.

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

When you play sports like tennis, you're alone, and that's a good school for life, but it's also a good school for life to bring your best and make those around you better, too - helping others in difficult moments.

I have been learning English on the road since I started when I was 15, so it is a slow process but making some progress. Now I think I am much more comfortable with my English. However, it is difficult, still, when I speak about something that is not tennis.

Core strength and stability is very important to me. Tennis is all about rotation of the body and my ability to create power. I incorporate a lot of abdominal, back and glute exercises into my gym sessions.

It was simple reality - most competitive tennis players in my day were privileged, spoiled, entitled and white. Also, many of them were beautiful, fit, tan and of good stock - great big hair and white teeth and long legs. Then there were the rest of us.

In tennis, there is the forehand, the backhand, the overhead smash and the drop volley, all with a different grip.

Tennis is a mental game. Everyone is fit, everyone hits great forehands and backhands.