Tennis Quotes · Page 33

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…

— Li Na

I would be wasting my life if I won 20 grand slams and that's all I did.

— Dylan Alcott

I certainly had a lot of fun during my career playing tennis, doing the thing I wanted to do and to do…

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

I want to be a top-10 player and I want to win a Grand Slam tournament.

— John Isner

“Tennis is a racket that I’d like to get into. It’s so bouncy and noisy it must be profitable.”

— Jarod Kintz

Because I've had time off, I've learned to appreciate tennis more - to put something back into it.

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

The great part about tennis is you can't run out the clock… As long as we were still playing, I had a…

— Andre Agassi

In team tennis, when you're downed, you play harder because there are other people depending upon you.

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Sports have always been a really important part of how I energize myself, as well as how I relax. I spend a…

— Irene Rosenfeld

I admire the way golfers handle themselves. But tennis players are a lot younger, as a rule. There aren't many teenagers on…

— Pete Sampras

“I've internalized my father- his impatience, his perfectionism, his rage. I no longer need my father to torture me. From this day…

— Andre Agassi

I do enjoy wearing Japanese and Italian clothing. I also enjoy my blue jeans or tennis shorts and running shoes. I like…

— Frederick Lenz

My dad's been in prison my whole life. If I wanted to play catch, I had to play catch with a brick…

— Tommy Pham

In tennis you move a lot. Golf you dont. In tennis, you can have a bad half-hour, but you cant in golf.…

— Ivan Lendl

It's frustrating when you want to play but can't. I didn't touch a racket for three weeks and when I started playing…

— Marat Safin

Growing up, you play and watch everything, right? Gaelic football, hurling, soccer. Tennis - Wimbledon! When the World Snooker Championship was on,…

— Shane Lowry

After I went through two years of not winning an event, what kept me going was winning one more major. Once I…

— Pete Sampras

“A tennis player at twenty-nine can seem like the oldest person in the world. She's been through an entire life span already,…

— Maria Sharapova

Most players who play tennis love the game. But I think you also have to respect it. You want to do everything…

— Andy Roddick

“But Serena Williams is right, albeit not as funny as she might have been: his statement is not factually based. 700th? Where…

— The Guardian

I used to go swimming and passed the tennis courts every day, and that's how it started. My mum said, 'Why don't…

— Sania Mirza

That's why I enjoy Davis Cup, and I really enjoyed college tennis. It's very special. You want to go out there and…

— John Isner

I'd accomplished everything I had set out to do - winning the French and Australian Opens, the Olympic gold medal and the…

— Yevgeny Kafelnikov

I decided to practice alone because it was a challenge for me to see how much I love tennis. And making sure…

— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

“Hang on, you can’t punish a man for being in love,” Gaz shouted. “Love means nothing in tennis,” I said. “Literally, in…

— Heather Cocks

I've been there, done that. I know what the emotions are getting into your first Grand Slam final.

— Sofia Kenin

Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun…

— Jimmy Connors

I have fond memories of my kabaddi exploits at Lawrence School. I also enjoyed tennis and swimming.

— Anand Mahindra

In our house, the name for all athletic shoes - any that weren't dress or 'church' shoes - was 'tennis shoes,' or…

— Steve Rushin

I want to have better results at the Grand Slams, and of course, one day I want to be No. 1 in…

— Petra Kvitova

Ninety five percent of the field is not competitive when Nadal is playing.

— Mats Wilander

Wimbledon is the only tournament where you feel the real history of tennis.

— Jannik Sinner

You can equate acting to a tennis game: When you're playing one of the best, you get better.

— Albert Brooks

The clay court is just a little bit different than the hard court. You can't do the same things.

— Ben Shelton

There's no doubt there are issues with clay. Our issues have issues that are issues right now. That's not a secret.

— Andy Roddick

I'm ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed - I can't do it. I'm clueless.

— Rafael Nadal

Acting is like a sporting match; a tennis game, but no one should win or lose. The game's the thing!

— Jon Polito

Sport, most of the time, is so unpredictable, especially with tennis.

— Aryna Sabalenka

Too many people asking too many questions in tennis. Golf is better.

— Ivan Lendl

Someone left me a note and said love love serve. I know that is a tennis term, but what is he trying…

— Shraddha