Quotes About Tennis

When I was five, I wanted to be a cleaning lady; when I was nine, I wanted to be the world's number one tennis player.

I know I'm not the best tennis player there's ever been, but calling me a loser is just ignorance.

Anyway, when I get sorta tense and start thinking about every shot, that's when my game falls apart.

'Oh and Oh' is a tennis term... It's a nice way of saying you took your opponent to pieces.

Football is definitely present in the tennis world. Given the mix of nationalities that exists in the changing rooms, there's inevitably a bit of a rivalry between the players, especially in terms of the UEFA Champions League or competitions in which national teams compete.

I've never seen a good tennis movie. They all were terrible.

I have this terrible dark side to my personality, which playing tennis keeps at bay.

I miss singles terribly, but it is a choice I make because I don't feel I am good enough anymore. I don't want to be 100 odd in the world and still play for the heck of it.

A good thing is I've been playing tennis I think every day for the last two months. I really haven't had a day off. I've been doing things that I did used to do.

Sport doesn't know barriers, really. You are judged on your performance... how far you can jump, how fast you can run, how well you can hit a tennis ball.

We [Americans] are a football-baseball-basketball-golf culture with some ocassional forays into tennis and less often the winter sports.

Tennis is like marrying for money. Love has nothing to do with it.

The serve really is the key to my game.

I think in 1991, when Jimmy got to the semifinals, it was just incredible all of the people coming out.

If I'm going to be out there, I want to be in the top 10 and really have a chance of winning a Grand Slam.

I guess I get my strength from my legs, which are also important in tennis.

It's unbelievable, it never gets too old. The biggest goal in my career is winning Grand Slams. I don't have a great record in finals, but I'm getting closer to .500, which is nice.

She bought tennis rackets, didn't know if Wayne knew how to play. It had been so long for herself that she couldn't even remember how to score. She just knew that even when you had nothing, you still had love.

I have good anticipation, and good reaction to the the ball because I've played so many matches in my life.

I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience.

You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.

Don't be afraid to hit the ball.

There is no life for girls in team sports past Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim.

The Sinclairs are athletic, tall, and handsome. We are old-money Democrats. Our smiles are wide, our chins square, and our tennis serves aggressive