Quotes About Tennis

Everybody gets bored or rather emotionally flat sometimes, but most players are not so honest as Tomic. They have sponsors that need to be happy, and they want to keep the tour happy.

I was in the spot where you work your butt off to get to: the fourth round of the U.S. Open against Roger Federer on Labor Day. That's why you work so hard in this game and sacrifice so much - to get to that position.

It's not like the world No.1 spot is always in my mind.

People said I was tanking, but Billie Jean beat me fair and square.

I always dreamed of playing a night match on Arthur Ashe Stadium. It's a dream come true for me.

When you play against Roger, it's always special. First, because you play in a big area, in a big stadium anyway. And every time the crowd is for him, so it's quite a good sensation.

Oh, it's always big when you play Rafa on a big stadium, night session, you play for your country.

It's always an honor to play on Arthur Ashe stadium.

Kastles Stadium at The Wharf is a state of the art tennis facility and the great tennis fans of Washington come out and consistently fill the place up.

I'm a big proponent of playing all sports when you're growing up. I think they all help you from a competitiveness standpoint to a movement standpoint. Certainty with tennis, you get the lateral quickness more than anything.

Sometimes when I need to relax, I just watch in the stands how people are enjoying the tennis or what they are eating.

With all the injury problems we have in men's tennis at the moment, I'm happy to still be standing.

If I have a daughter and she plays tennis, and I have a son who plays tennis, I wouldn't say that my son deserves more money because he's a man. I would say they deserve the same amount of money.

If Serena Williams played the men's circuit she'd be like 700 in the world.

If I had to choose one man to play for my life, it would be Nadal.

In lawn tennis mixed, the basic chivalry move is to pretend to serve less fiercely to the woman than to the man. This is particularly useful if your first service tends to be out in any case.

I definitely wanted this win today and I don't want anybody to talk about my nerves anymore.

I don't get nervous anymore. The first couple times I met Roger Federer, or Grigor Dimitrov, I was a little nervous. But now, it's more natural.

I think I'm always nervous, even if I play not on the center court.

For me, it's an easy way to make money. I'm just hitting a ball over a net. Of course, I've grown up with it. It's a part of me. It's all I really know how to do.

When I play my match, I can't think about anything else except what I'm doing on my side of the net.

The best feeling is when you finish a point at the net.

I'm trying to win more points at the net, not just come to the net more frequently.

Nick Kyrgios, physically, is a monster. When he is on the court and he runs, he flies. And he has got a massive arm.