Quotes About Tennis

Hitting a ball dead perfect - the only peace.

My uncle developed the training philosophy. His idea of good tennis training is basically quite simple: you must try to gain time.

I've given offense by saying I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down.

I still break racquets, but now I do it in a positive way.

Another little known fact about Amazing Tennis - the computer opponents are modeled after real people. In an odd turn of events, I joined a division 3 college tennis team at age 38.

Oh, my God, I don't think any player can look forward to or expect to a career of so many Grand Slam wins or title wins or being so long at the top of the game.

Guys like John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and Stefan Edberg were also very good grass court players.

When I walk through that gate to the court, that's my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.

If I'm winning, I have to act like I'm not bored. If it's A tough match, I have to act like I'm having A good time. I'm a drama queen.

I haven't been in tennis for that long, but what I can say is that we have a lot of young guys at the top who are willing to do a lot of good things for tennis in general.

I always had a powerful serve. It's one of the best in women's tennis. It's very good to have a weapon like that.

I feel like I have as good a shot as anybody out there and I have gotten close in the past, so why not have the attitude that I can come out and play great tennis and maybe even win this tournament.

I know China are very good in table tennis. Let me see what happens in tennis. I am pretty happy with the way I am playing.

Martina and I went through a very bad five years. Everything's very good between us now, but it was a long haul.

I think that's my personality, to have a good laugh and not to take myself too seriously. And of course I have my things on the court but when I'm off the court I just like to have fun.

Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at.

My mom was a great tennis player, and I remember being six or seven years old watching Steffi Graf and Monica Seles in Wimbledon in my house. I've always been a tennis fan.

I was never pegged to be the next great American tennis player by any means. I wasn't a prodigy. I'm a late bloomer. Whatever happens, I'm proud of what I've done.

I help design my own tennis clothes.

Pam has always been my glamorous big sister - 13 years older than I. She played on the women's circuit for nine years and came home to tell me stories of France, Japan.

It's so great to have that opportunity with so many young American players coming up now. It's just so exciting. We have to root for the home country.

Tennis is seen all around the world; if I am home or anywhere in the country, United States, people will stare.

I broke all my rackets. I didn't have a racket for the fifth set. I broke four. Now I hold the record. Now I go home. No rackets. I really don't like these rackets.

I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.