Quotes About Tennis

I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket.

I was certainly a kid who believed he could make a difference in the world. I was, as a young person, cooking up plans. My hero is Billie Jean King, and the thing that I find so impressive about Billie Jean is that she took something as banal as playing tennis and used it to change the world. She really did.

I think I will always stay involved in tennis and would like to give back by helping out young players. I have done a little commentary and may one day enjoy doing that again.

Young players are starting to come up as well and they will see me as one of the older, experienced ones.

Maybe we can see more men's and women's combined events so the young players can be marketed better.

When I was younger I used to be devastated if I would lose.

When I was younger, I was a robot. Wind her up and she plays tennis.

I had other coaches when I was younger but my father was there, following all my training. He has seen as much tennis as many coaches on tour.

I think younger players probably just think they are who they are-they don't think about coming out. Unless you're number one in the world, nobody cares, usually.

It was tennis that got me started in business. When I was 16 and about to embark on my A-levels, I set up a tennis academy and became one of the youngest qualified tennis coaches in the country. It did well; by the time I was 19 I was able to buy my first house.

I grew up on the tennis court with lots of other kids. There were like 40 kids all afternoon and I was one of the youngest ones, so I always had to chase everybody to keep up.

My youngest sister does not like tennis at all, and she'll be the first one to tell you that, which I find pretty funny.

When Hoad and Rosewall were at their best, and I was a youngster, they had no qualms about saying, 'Hey kid, let's go and play.' That helped me to get up the ladder.

But it's always good to see youngsters taking over and playing great tennis. We have to get ready and prepare because they're going to play better against us.

I was fortunate to have people like Althea Gibson come and speak to me, also Leslie Allen and Arthur Ashe. So I feel obligated, part of my duty, to continue to pass on the knowledge I've learned to youngsters and adults alike.

You can't underestimate rest. Sometimes in tennis we don't realize that to rest your body is as important as it is to practice. We are traveling so much, all year, in different conditions, different courts, different surfaces, different balls - so we always have to adapt.

I try and focus on the youth coming up, and I think tennis is a great sport regardless of how far you make it: just, obviously, a lot of good life lessons.

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.

When I was playing, all my overseas trips were paid for by the LTA, then by my coach, and from whatever prize-money I made I would have to pay back as much as I could of the fare. Only once that was paid could I keep the extra, and that was a powerful incentive.

What's going to make me happy is going on the court and holding up trophies, singles and doubles.

As a teenager, Monica Seles won some historic matches on the tennis court, dominating opponents and filling a room with trophies.

For me, it's about the tennis and the trophies. I'm not motivated by money.

I definitely think about lifting the big trophies, and I dream about winning slams or making it.

When I was 19 and 20, and 20 or 25 in the world , I was enjoying it. But now it's a rollercoaster and I just can't seem to find the commitment to work hard, to enjoy and to lift trophies. Maybe I have to look at a few things and maybe play less tournaments.