Quotes About Tennis

I wouldn't have told this to a soul back then, but as early as my first Wimbledon in '77, I realized I had the potential to be the very best: the best tennis player in the world. I confirmed it for myself as I rose through the rankings—but then, more and more, the problem became that almost everybody was somebody I shouldn't lose to. The pressure became incomprehensible.

how to score the game: love, fifteen, thirty, forty, game. Six games wins a set, but you have to win by two games. Two sets wins a match for women, three for men.

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.

The case of tennis player has got nothing to do with covid vaccination, but it is a publicity stunt and indirect promotion of french open

I'm not really focused on my ranking.

Every time the ATP or WTA speak about changing something, you see the reaction. So I think they're doing a good job because those people are still watching tennis 40 years later and they are still fans so I'm not sure they should change because I don't know how the fans would feel.

I used to wear sleeveless T-shirts all the time on court, but now I've got a brand new look - I've moved on to polo shirts. Sleeveless T-shirts give you real freedom of movement and they keep you cooler in matches, but I just thought it was time for a change.

Sometimes when you get to the press conferences, you hear you're going to play this person in the semifinals, and in the quarters, you're going to play her. And I'm like, 'Hold on a second.' First of all, you have to make it there. Second, your opponent needs to make it there. It looks easier on paper than it is in real life.

I remember hitting the ball, and I didn't even realise where it went, and then I turned over, and I see the official bending down holding his eye.

I'm pretty realistic. I cannot wish to be Chris Evert or Martina Navratilova because they won, like, a hundred Grand Slams.

It's hard to win Grand Slams.

It's Roger Federer - this guy has about a million Grand Slams and done everything.

My goal is to be No. 1 and to win Grand Slams.

To win Grand Slams you have to be in the right frame of mind, the right physical shape.

My dream was always, when I was a little girl, to be number one and to win grand slams as the number one.

When I was a kid, I was always dreaming to one day be the No. 1 player in the world, to win Grand Slams.

For me, grand slams are something you dream about playing as a kid.

I want to have better results at the Grand Slams, and of course, one day I want to be No. 1 in the world.

I've tried to learn something from other players and how they are really focused on the Grand Slams. I couldn't do that in the past.

Our biggest events are the Grand Slams and are always going to be the Grand Slams.

I'm really lucky to have Lindsay Davenport as my coach. She was number one in the world, and she's won Grand Slams, so if there's any person who can help me get through, it's her. Getting her advice is very special for me.

For me, yeah, that's going to be my big goal to win a Masters or Grand Slams.

It's really amazing. Novak, Rafa, Roger, they win couple times a year in a row all the grand slams.

Especially the top players, they always try to set their own form, so to say, around the Grand Slams because that's where they want to play their best.