Quotes About Tennis

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.

That's the ultimate goal - to try to go deep into the Australian Open and deep into the other slams throughout the year.

There was a line call that didn't look so great. I went ballistic. Called the umpire a jerk. Whacked a ball into the stands. Then smacked a soda can with my racket, and got soda all over the King of Sweden, who was sitting in the front row.

If you watch a guy go out on court and have a meltdown, you're not going to think, 'Oh my God, now I'm screwed.' Or you're not going to think, 'The umpire's going to give him calls because he's just told him he's an idiot or the pits of the world.'

I love to talk with the umpire.

Last four months were great for me, was probably one of the best four months of my career, playing unbelievable in the clay court season.

If an athlete like Michael Jordan played tennis, he would be the best - he's flexible, not too bulky, and has unbelievable hand-to-eye coordination.

I don't remember too much about Britain's Davis Cup win in 2015 but I remember thinking what an unbelievable run.

The idea of doing a tennis movie is truly unbelievable to me. Well, first of all, they don't really exist.

Nadal is just more at home on clay. It looks like he feels safer on clay courts. He can get to a few more balls, he can play a bit further behind the baseline when he defends, and he's also able to get the ball to bounce higher. It's unbelievable.

It's unbelievable. To be in the semis, it's just crazy. To play Serena it will be a great match.

I'd like to be the commissioner of tennis, but do I want to get into politics? Sometimes I have delusions of grandeur that that would be an interesting, good thing. I'm talking about actual politics, like being a congressman, but then I see how unbelievably nasty it really is, and maybe I'm not quite knowledgeable enough to actually do it.

Professional tennis has become an extremely physical and unbelievably competitive sport. Injuries are the bane of tennis players, and it goes with the territory.

I really enjoyed playing Yannick Noah - he was and still is my favourite. In the heat of the moment he was very fair and very physical. He was strong, big and he moved unbelievably well. He was also mentally tough.

In 1980 I was attacked by a dog in Spain and was temporarily blinded in one eye - I thought it would end my tennis career.

Finally a Spanish girl can play on grass.

The U.S. Open is so special, and I'm not even saying that as an American. I just can't envision a better atmosphere.

I'll always have a special place in my heart for Martina Navratilova.

I think I am a complete player. I can play well on all the surfaces. For me, the clay might be easiest, but I am not a specialist on clay.

I think Rafael Nadal is pretty spectacular. I have a feeling he might be part animal.

But to be fair, if you take players from my era to now, the game has changed and the players have many more shots. They use them differently than we did. The speed of the game has changed.

My speed is something that has made a difference to my whole career. When I've felt quick and I'm moving well, it makes a huge difference to my entire game. When I feel a bit slower, I end up doing a lot more defending. When I'm a bit quicker to the ball, I feel I can attack a lot more.

I don't have the same serve speed as some of the guys, but I have good footwork, and I take the ball early.

Some people get very confused about my game. They think it's better if the court is slow, because I have a good defence. But the faster it is, the better for me. My spin is more painful for my opponents, my aggressive game works better.