Tennis Quotes · Page 36

At the end of the day, it is a very long year. The tennis season is pretty much ten months of the…

— Alex de Minaur

I do play tennis, but I don't really like competition. I'm supposed to be so intense, but I hate competition.

— Amy Chua

It's easy for tennis players to get self-centered because everything out here on tour is catered around us.

— Ben Shelton

I always said if I had to pick one Grand Slam to win, it would be the U.S. Open.

— Andy Roddick

I think people have this love-hate relationship with tennis. I also feel like that.

— Garbine Muguruza

For me personally, I love the environment of the Australian Open and the vibe that comes with it.

— Ajla Tomljanovic

Tennis is like this - sometimes when you're down, you win, sometimes when you're up, you lose.

— Peng Shuai

Yeah, always excited to play Novak, because it's great challenge for me. Always exciting to play him. Good player.

— Kei Nishikori

Watching someone that you love, you think they have a certain amount of time left to live, changed everything for me. And…

— Mark Philippoussis

Working with [Kyle Chandler] in the scene was like playing tennis. You work with really talented actors, I think they make other…

— Michael B. Jordan

I'd rather play tennis than go to the dentist. I'd rather play soccer than go to the doctor. I'd rather play Hurk…

— Shel Silverstein

Duffers who consistently shank their balls are urged to buy and study Shanks - No Thanks by R.K. Hoffman, or in extreme…

— Henry Beard

You can kick a ball into the net, throw a basketball into the net. Tennis is complicated. It'll make a lot of…

— Jim Courier

I would say playing doubles is great for, you know, just in general. For the singles game, as well. You're able to…

— Jennifer Brady

Clay is so challenging as a surface because you want to be playing aggressively but the margins are so small and it's…

— Tim Henman

I believe our platform at WTT is different than tournament tennis. What we are selling is access. You have the ability to…

— Ilana Kloss

I really hope that I can be helpful in that journey because I do believe that women deserve the same pay. We…

— Serena Williams

I have nothing against them. I love the fans. But some people don't understand. That's all. They don't understand. They haven't played…

— Stefanos Tsitsipas

That result at the French was a big break for me. I had been playing quite well up until that point but…

— Jo Durie

We need to remember that we can't compete endlessly with other nations that set their income taxes substantially lower than ours. They…

— Boris Johnson

As for 1994 [ U.S. Open], I didn't do very well, but it was a great occasion for me even though I…

— Arnold Palmer

D.H. Lawrence, I think, defined the difference between writing an article and writing a novel very well. He said, in writing a…

— Amos Oz

Yes, there are times where I might play one bad service game a set. If you look at Sampras, he might play…

— Tim Henman

“It was not Gilda and a racquet being used reflexively to some purpose. It was not Gilda using a racquet. It was…

— Steven L. Peck

I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.

— Tracy Austin

But I still have to practice hard if I'm going to play my best tennis.

— Anastasia Myskina

Everybody loves tennis or soccer there. That's another reason for these unbelievable tennis players from Tandil.

— Juan Martin del Potro

All my life I'd woken up to tennis, tennis, tennis. Even if I don't go to practise, I'm thinking about it all…

— Serena Williams

Listening to Britons dining out is like watching people play first-class tennis with imaginary balls.

— Margaret Halsey

My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be a singer and play the piano.

— Anonymous

My mother said I would have more chances to become a tennis player than a football player.

— Marat Safin

Wimbledon is not the easiest tournament in which to make a comeback.

— Mats Wilander

Me, I'm a rising star for American tennis. I'm really proud to represent my country and hopefully I can keep going higher.

— Sofia Kenin

It is another Justine Henin who will try and go out there and achieve her dream of finally winning Wimbledon,

— Justine Henin

I have always believed that my job is to try and give my best on the tennis courts.

— Sania Mirza

Being able to go into Wimbledon and be part of an amazing atmosphere is special.

— Kate Middleton

I've always been lucky enough to just play tennis, so I never actually had a job when I was growing up.

— Andy Murray

I think because I was the first Chinese player to win a grand slam, people were thinking: 'She's not like normal people.'

— Li Na

I was eighth in the world in doubles, 67th in singles. Could I have achieved more? Yes, perhaps, but I did it…

— Katrina Adams

Life is like a game of tennis; the player who serves well seldom loses.

— Anonymous