Tennis Quotes · Page 5

Radwanska is a tough player.

— Peng Shuai

Tennis is very tough.

— Grigor Dimitrov

Tennis is my life.

— Frances Tiafoe

The slide is tennis.

— Mats Wilander

Life is bigger than tennis.

— Patrick Mouratoglou

I would do anything for tennis.

— Kei Nishikori

My hero is Roger Federer.

— Saina Nehwal

The wrist is needed in tennis.

— Kei Nishikori

We haven't had any more rain since it stopped raining.

— Harry Carpenter

Chris Lloyd came out of the dressing room like a pistol.

— Virginia Wade

All I cared about in tennis was winning.

— Pete Sampras

Tennis is a running game, not a hitting game - it's not golf.

— Mats Wilander

I can tell you that tennis is a huge motivation for me.

— Petra Kvitova

I almost went with basketball over tennis.

— John Isner

I was a big fan of Pete Sampras.

— Hugo Lloris

I've got more out of tennis than I could ever give back.

— Andy Roddick

It's like getting the Williams sisters to play (tennis) against a man, and they're far better athletes than she (Sorenstam) is.

— Vijay Singh

I'll prove that I'm going to be the best tennis player, one day, to play this game.

— Bernard Tomic

Tim Henman has the all-time Betty Crocker draw. We're talking Easy Bake Oven.

— Brad Gilbert

Nadal's the best player in history on [clay], and he is one of the best-ever players that played this game.

— Novak Djokovic

It gives me goose bumps and little butterflies in the stomach when I start thinking about the 'golden slam.'

— Novak Djokovic

I don't think there is ever going to be another Serena Williams.

— Naomi Osaka

In my mind, I'm always the best. If I walk out on the court (and) I think the next person is better,…

— Venus Williams

There's been a couple places where I always loved playing doubles 100%, and obviously I go out there and give it my all.

— Jack Sock

The great champions were always vicious competitors. You never lose respect for a man who is a vicious competitor, and you never…

— Pancho Gonzales

Playing rock-solid like Djokovic, I can't get the most of my game, while I can't play very aggressively like Federer. So I…

— Kei Nishikori

Hitting the ball has never been my issue, so I can literally not pick up a racquet for two months and hit…

— Andre Agassi

Against Novak, it's really tough for me to play, I mean, because he doesn't give me any time. I don't really like…

— Dominic Thiem

Anna Kournikova will always be better paid than Lindsay Davenport. The first left the circuit without having won a single title while…

— Marion Bartoli

I love the feel of hitting the ball hard, the pleasure of a rally. It is these things that make tennis the…

— Anonymous

I'm a useless guitar-player. When I put myself in a band I immediately became its weakest part. I was like my forehand…

— Mats Wilander

I know that I have the potential. And the opportunities. But I don't say: "I want to win the Australian Open in…

— Alexander Zverev

It has changed, quite a lot. It is very different now, there are quicker men, they are taller, stronger, have great stamina.…

— Bjorn Borg

I'm proud to have opened [two] schools in Africa and one in Jamaica [through the Serena Williams Fund and its partners]. I…

— Serena Williams

You hear a few people saying that, you know, maybe some of the past male players like to watch me play or…

— Samantha Stosur

I think all of us who kind of live within the sport recognize that Davis Cup certainly could be a little more…

— Jim Courier

Those who say that Serena isn't serious about tennis; she wants to go Hollywood. That's true, about Hollywood. I would love to…

— Serena Williams

I'm not here to prove or to scream or to remind people. As long as I know that I achieved things in…

— Anna Kournikova

An idea has no worth at all without believable characters to implement it; a plot without characters is like a tennis court…

— Chuck Jones

We look for opportunities to play together including basketball, tennis, swimming, riding bikes and touch football. I try to provide a loving…

— Alan Thicke