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Quotes About Tennis

I didn't play my best but I won. He was a lucky loser but I think he went out of luck today.
~ Tim Henman
Del Potro is one of these miracle men he can come up with these matches where you least expect it and he pulls something out of the bag. I have no idea what it is but he becomes a magician.
~ Mats Wilander
Kyrgios has got to look in the mirror if he wants to become a top player and win Grand Slams.
~ John McEnroe
There are days when I go out on the court and I feel like I can't miss a ball.
~ Maria Sharapova
Sometimes we get very frustrated here on court. It is tough to control. It is a mistake.
~ David Nalbandian
When Kelly was born, I thought seriously about retirement. But I wanted to see if it was possible to mix being a mother with tennis and the two combined very well.
~ Evonne Goolagong Cawley
I had my moments for sure but I wasn't confrontational. And sometimes you get on the court and you'd find yourself very confrontational. It was all a discovery.
~ Andre Agassi
That was one of those moments where I felt so confident. I played three matches in the same day.
~ Gabriela Sabatini
I like to play against Juan Monaco.
~ Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
For me, I do better in Grand Slams. I like when there's more people watching.
~ Naomi Osaka
If more people knew about it, followed the teams, they would really enjoy watching mixed doubles and doubles.
~ Bethanie Mattek-Sands
Of course for your main rivals, you're going to get extra motivated for it, particularly if you haven't played him for a long time.
~ John McEnroe
I always come very motivated to the Grand Slams.
~ Garbine Muguruza
I just think I play better in the greater scenarios. I just get motivated. I like the big crowds on the centre courts.
~ Garbine Muguruza
My motivation for tennis has been increasing every year.
~ Kei Nishikori
of us were moved by the deep morality and sincere humanity on the part of the aliens. These were people who simply could not imagine doing any evil to anyone, people who liked eating well, drinking, even smoking, who enjoyed playing the violin [in one case] and tennis, and driving luxurious cars and executive airplanes (in the 1970s, when very few people in Italy could own a personal plane).…
~ Timothy Good
One day my dad would say, 'OK, if you want to play tennis I can help you out.' And that's how it started. And I had a goal. I wanted to beat my mom first. And my parents and my brother. And that was the ultimate goal.
~ Caroline Wozniacki
It's very expensive to be a professional tennis player with all the travel and the flights and the hotels and everything.
~ Caroline Wozniacki
A man who waits to believe in action before acting is anything you like, but hes not a man of action. It is as if a tennis player before returning a ball stopped to think about his views of the physical and mental advantages of tennis. You must act as you breathe.
~ Georges Clemenceau
Age 50. — When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his forties shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.
~ Hugo L. Black
So I want to share a little news. You getting married? Butch tossed back half the new Lag. Where you registered? Crate and Bury 'Em? Try Heckler and Koch. The Reverend opened his jacket and flashed the butt of a forty. Nice little poodle shooter you got there, vampire. Put a hell of a- V cut in. You two are like playing tennis, and racquet sports bore me. What's the news? Revh looked at Butch. He has such phenomenal people skills, doesn't he. Try living with him.
~ J.R. Ward
I used to play a lot of tennis and then, next thing you know, same thing with tennis. That banging on the knees, the jarring, twisting motion - I couldn't do it. All of a sudden, every time I played, my knee would swell up.
~ Caitlyn Jenner
To win the major, you have to play two weeks your best tennis and deal with a lot of things around, to put things together so to be really focused.
~ Angelique Kerber
I love Australia. I love coming here, I love playing here and I love the support. It's my passion to hopefully one day be able to represent the green and gold. That's the ultimate goal.
~ Alex de Minaur