Tennis Quotes · Page 38

It's not only about a game and tennis, but it's more about the mental things sometimes.

— Karolina Pliskova

One of the best sayings in tennis and sport is that pressure is a privilege.

— Ashleigh Barty

I love various sports, including basketball, tennis and billiards.

— Yani Tseng

On Rafael Nadal: Every point he plays is like match point. That's why he's the champion right now.

— Bjorn Borg

Like a Volvo, Bjorn Borg is rugged, has good after-sales service, and is very dull.

— Clive James

I think my best friends are my team-mates in Davis Cup. We have been growing up together since we were 11 or 12.

— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

I think this is the biggest win in my career. To beat Venus in Wimbledon is just something amazing.

— Elena Vesnina

The most exciting match I ever played was the 1974 US Open final against Billie Jean King.

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Tennis is the purest form of democracy. There was a symbiotic, chicken-and-egg relationship for me between democracy and tennis.

— Martina Navratilova

When my heart rate is so high, I seem to be able to play even better, without making bad decisions. It almost…

— Cameron Norrie

I think I can win a slam. That's my main goal, and if I could choose one, then yes, it would have…

— Tomas Berdych

It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with…

— Gabriela Sabatini

The people that follow me, support me. Some of them don't have the opportunity to come to my matches. They are in…

— Stefanos Tsitsipas

I'm Shahar Peer. I came here to play tennis. I know I'm from Israel and I'm proud of my country and that…

— Shahar Pe'er

I always show up to the office sweaty! I'll come in between workouts in a tennis skirt drenched in sweat. The only…

— Venus Williams

The whole idea is to propose an immersive experience. When you watch tennis, you watch from the outside, you're far from the…

— Patrick Mouratoglou

There is a lot of pressure on tennis players like other sports that are singular like you're not on a team. When…

— Jim Courier

No one I don't think has any experience with the type of body surgery that 'Botched' has given me. The level of…

— Terry Dubrow

I love soccer, love tennis... Roger Federer has been a favourite for a long, long time. The kind of consistency he has…

— Virat Kohli

I get some letters from a lot of people. Sometimes it's nice, with letters from kids or from parents of kids who…

— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

The public examination of homosexuality in our contemporary life is still so coated with distasteful moral connotations that even a reviewer is…

— Sydney J. Harris

After Indian Wells I sat down with my coaches and spoke about making sure my priority was to peak for the Grand…

— Andy Murray

The conditions change so much at the French Open, you know, you have to be prepared for something you really don't know…

— Mats Wilander

Wimbledon was the last grand slam to get any wheelchair tennis in there at all. There was this idea that it was…

— Dylan Alcott

It's very comfortable playing U.S. Open. I always enjoy playing here.

— Kei Nishikori

Whoever has played tennis knows the court is pretty big and you always have space to put the ball in.

— Tomas Berdych

Life is like a game of tennis- you can't win without serving well.

— Anonymous

What these guys are doing is great for Argentinean tennis. This is motivating other people.

— Gabriela Sabatini

It's hard to be in a bad mood when you're walking around looking like you're about to play the semifinals at Wimbledon.

— A. J. Jacobs

Well, I don't like to make outlandish statements. Not all the time. But Wimbledon would have beaten them 10-0.

— Eamon Dunphy

I am really close friends with Roger Federer and also with Benoit Paire.

— Anonymous

If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass.

— Anonymous

If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration.

— Serena Williams

I can't wear the same outfit twice without washing it. And tennis is a grueling occupation.

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

To the tough moments, tough matches in a Grand Slam, best of five you have to be ready.

— Carlos Alcaraz

In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out…

— Andy Murray

To be honest I never watch a tennis match. I watch basketball a lot, soccer, never tennis.

— Gael Monfils

That's the one thing I regret about choosing tennis - not being able to play a contact sport.

— Ben Shelton

The U.S. Open is so special, and I'm not even saying that as an American. I just can't envision a better atmosphere.

— Frances Tiafoe

Winning a Grand Slam was something I was chasing the first day I became a coach.

— Patrick Mouratoglou