Tennis Quotes · Page 28

I think in fifth sets I'm really playing good tennis, more than any other sets.

— Kei Nishikori

For me tennis is a sport, you know? It's not a job, it's a sport.

— Gael Monfils

Bjorn Borg looks like a hunchbacked, jut-bottomed version of Lizabeth Scott, impersonating a bearded Apache princess.

— Clive James

Tennis has to be very careful.Not everyone is a computer, it is very good we have John McEnroe. I hope we have…

— Boris Becker

Usually, I wear tennis shoes because my feet are flat, and it hurts to wear anything other than shoes that are cushiony.

— Ellen DeGeneres

Challenging the truth is like playing tennis against the wall! The defeat is inevitable!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Wimbledon is Wimbledon - and if you win it and get no points, of course you'd still take it.

— Ajla Tomljanovic

Gender is irrelevant. Certainly the tennis ball doesn't know what the gender was of the tennis coach.

— Martina Navratilova

I have so much respect for [Bernie Ecclestone] for what he did with this sport. He did so much more than people…

— Bernie Ecclestone

Up a set and 2-0 it's definitely a situation where a little match practice would've helped, so I'm disappointed but think I…

— Mark Philippoussis

I try to find positive things, and the best positive thing about tennis, and this could be very well used in life,…

— Daniil Medvedev

I love football and it's the sport I would really like to play. I've said on national television here that I would…

— Novak Djokovic

Tennis is always going to be there. The travelling is always going to be there. So why not have a hobby and…

— Stefanos Tsitsipas

The tennis ball doesn't know how old I am. The ball doesn't know if I'm a man or a woman or if…

— Martina Navratilova

I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That's no contribution to society. [Tennis] was purely selfish; that was for…

— Arthur Ashe

When I left college, I just thought I could play tennis to delay getting a regular job and go there and try…

— John Isner

When they [court announcers] say, 'This is the world No. 2,' it just doesn't sound right to me because either I'm No.…

— Roger Federer

The whole idea of image is so confused. On the one hand, Madison Avenue is worried about the image of the players…

— Martina Navratilova

Football is definitely present in the tennis world. Given the mix of nationalities that exists in the changing rooms, there's inevitably a…

— Gael Monfils

There is no substitute to taking a lot of a catches as a youngster if you want to do slip catching -…

— Rahul Dravid

I think no matter what you do you go through stages when you play. There was a number of times when I…

— Jana Novotna

“To beat me, you had to break my serve, which did not break as easily as it had before. That's when I…

— Maria Sharapova

My great grandfather from my father's side, Sir Akbar Hydari, was the prime minister of the Nizam of Hyderabad. He was instrumental…

— Aditi Rao Hydari

I've felt it (shoulder soreness) since the first day I came, but more so now. Yesterday in the doubles I felt like…

— Marat Safin

A part of me feels very Swiss: I follow Swiss sports - curling, for example - and I support Swiss teams. I…

— Ivan Rakitic

I dreamed of always playing Wimbledon and the other grand slams but I never dreamed of people actually recognizing me.

— Coco Gauff

I was glad to watch the soccer because it helps my tennis game, realize maybe they're just rooting for the underdog.

— Serena Williams

My serve and my forehand I pretty much always had, but my backhand was a made backhand. I worked on it for…

— Ivan Lendl

You can spend $200 or $50 for tennis shoes - it's about what you can afford.

— Paul Wall

Everything in tennis is so neat and nice but boxing has sport down to its essence; it is very pure and I…

— Andy Murray

Women's tennis is very open. You really never know who going to be there.

— Petra Kvitova

I have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.

— Roger Federer

It is for sure a big part of the coach's job to make sure the tennis does not get neglected.

— Petra Kvitova

I'm no longer just a tennis player. My role is not as easy as I imagined, dreaming of a career as a…

— Iga Swiatek

“Ortho Stice played with a kind of rigid, liquid grace, like a panther in a back-brace.”

— David Foster Wallace

Hey, motivated, woke up like I'm gonna make it. I had a dream I seen Serena playin' tennis naked.

— 2 Chainz

I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam, then moved on to NFL 2K on Dreamcast. The game I really…

— Chris Paul

Well, obviously it's clay. It's slower. You have to grind more. You move a lot more. You have to slide.

— Sofia Kenin

I definitely want to get out of tennis and try something completely different.

— Marat Safin

When you are very little tennis should be fun, it should be a game.

— Guy Forget