Quotes About Tennis

Dating a tennis player is risky - love means nothing to us.

Tennis is my dream. It is what I love. And it is what I want to be best at.

He [Roger Federer] is the greatest natural talent in tennis I've ever seen. I love to watch the guy play, he's an awesome talent

I love swimming, tennis, and I am taking up golf. I am not serious about it, I just go to the range and practice. Other than that, I enjoy going to the movies and hanging out with my friends.

while it's true in tennis, love is zero. but zero is also where everything starts. nothing would ever be born if we didn't depart from there. nothing would be ever achieved.

There are people who love you and people who hate you, but for me, more so, people only think they know me by how I act or perform on a tennis court.

I love tennis with a passion. I challenged Boris Becker to a match once and he said he was up for it but he never called back. I bet I could make him run around.

Speed in tennis is a strange mixture of intuition, guesswork, footwork and hair-trigger reflexes. Many of the players famed for quickness on court would finish dead last in a field of schoolgirls in a race over any distance more than ten yards.

In the past, I've played where I only just rely on my serve.

I can remember when, as a beginner, I was delighted with any ball as long as it would bounce.

Sports Personality of the Year' is such an iconic sort of programme, I remember when I was playing tennis, wherever I was in the world I would want to be back in Britain for 'Sports Personality of the Year.'

But you are always remembered for how many Slams you win, not weeks at No. 1.

But so far I have the feeling that the chances are there to repeat last year's season.

You can't replace Davis Cup with something else. Its love and lore won't be surpassed any time soon.

It's not easy when you have to replay the break point again.

Being from the Midwest, everyone knows I take pride in representing the U.S. and to have my own racket and bag is really nice.

It's always tough when you're fighting with your husband on the court.

For me, it is easy, I love sport. Tennis is something I enjoy. I love playing tennis. For me, working out is pure pleasure, every day if I could play tennis, I would love it. I have been doing this since I was 2 1/2-years-old, it is quite easy.

Andy Murray's already done what is needed for British tennis, which is ignite it. There's a person, there's a player that kids want to be like.

In the 1980s when I was growing up in the Berkshire town of Maidenhead I was heavily into tennis. It was the era of Borg and McEnroe. I used to spend hours hitting balls against a wall, imagining I was beating them both.

I was trying to be improving my game, being more aggressive, and not just playing from the defensive end.

I just want to keep improving my backhand.

You know, Slams are tough. It's the most physical, in my opinion. You're playing three out of five.

Rehearsing with Geoffrey would make it easier when the time came for Meredith to claim her. Penetration, from what she had gathered from library books, was inescapably painful unless one had played a lot of tennis or ridden stallions, and she hadn't done either.