Tennis Quotes · Page 50

Sex should be a lot like tennis. After it's over, you put your balls away, shake hands and go on with your…

— Anonymous

I think in the lifetime of a tennis player there are many times where you feel that tremendous confidence.

— Gabriela Sabatini

I love the game. I love waking up every morning with the goal to win a Slam for the first time.

— Gael Monfils

My brother was playing hockey, tennis, badminton... I basically copied everything he did.

— Isa Guha

Tennis, for me, every time I went out on the court, it just gave me such joy to play.

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

I won 11 titles but yeah, no Slam. Am I proud? Yes. Am I also disappointed? Yes. But a couple of times…

— Mark Philippoussis

I really stay busy [in retirement]. I often have to cancel my golf games on the weekends to go play in tennis…

— Richard Davies

I have a TV Soap Boomerang award, and I always start my year with the Australian Open tennis! Tennis, soccer, you name…

— Doug Davidson

My dad taught me how to play tennis, and I owe that to him. But the better you get, the higher you…

— Grigor Dimitrov

In the last year I have gained a lot of experience because I have been playing against top players and realized what…

— Maria Sharapova

I don't know if anybody knows this, but Serena's my favorite player. Just playing against her is kind of like a dream…

— Naomi Osaka

Wimbledon is the world's most boring tournament. There's hardly anything to do apart from tennis. You constantly find yourself yawning - there's…

— Nikolay Davydenko

I think I want to show fans what it is actually like to be an athlete. Tennis is a part of it,…

— Gael Monfils

Many tennis coaches are enablers. They need the job more than the player needs the coach, and if the coach needs the…

— Ivan Lendl

I lived in Hollywood long enough to learn to play tennis and become a star, but I never felt it was my…

— Paulette Goddard

I think at the end of your career you'll look back and say I wish I would have won every FedEx you…

— Patrick Cantlay

I wasn't all that attracted to writing originally. I read a great deal. My parents read a great deal. I do know…

— David Foster Wallace

Jim Courier did a great job of showing the rest what is possible. He could only hit forehands, but almost every one…

— Todd Martin

In writing a novel, the writer must be able to identify emotionally and intellectually with two or three or four contradicting perspectives…

— Amos Oz

It was tennis that got me started in business. When I was 16 and about to embark on my A-levels, I set…

— Peter Jones

I think when I was younger, I was struggling to kind of differentiating love from a personal love or a tennis love…

— Grigor Dimitrov

But definitely I was in the zone in the match today. I was still thinking it's the final and I knew the…

— Petra Kvitova

“Walking to the net, I'm certain that I've lost to the better man, the Everest of the next generation. I pity the…

— Andre Agassi

“When we plant a rose seed in the earth, we notice that it is small, but we do not criticize it as…

— W. Timothy Gallwey

Thankfulness and gratitude are the foundation of character and being able to serve others.

— Jim Loehr

I think, for me, I just really want to have fun with every match that I play because tennis is a game.

— Naomi Osaka

Tennis is a small window. You're not going to have unlimited chances, unlimited opportunities. You can't waste time.

— Nick Kyrgios

The funny thing about tennis is that you're not always going to play your best.

— Christopher Eubanks

If you get into the main draw of a Grand Slam, then you've made your mark and proved that's where you belong.

— Katrina Adams

But you are always remembered for how many Slams you win, not weeks at No. 1.

— Sue Barker

By being a tennis player, I want to promote peace all over the world.

— Daniil Medvedev

Once, I lost my father and tennis helped me to go through that tough loss.

— Aryna Sabalenka

I love tennis more than designing because it's actually easier and I don't get nearly as nervous.

— Serena Williams

Before I was 12 years old, I broke six or seven rackets, which is a lot.

— Aryna Sabalenka

Dialogue is the most fun to write. It's kind of like a tennis match.

— Sally Rooney

Definition of Love: A score of zero in tennis. I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears of all my life.

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

I'm consistently working on my tennis game. At the same time, you need to take it match by match.

— Daniil Medvedev

That's something I never thought I'd do with my tennis is inspire another kid.

— Ajla Tomljanovic

Tennis taught me what happens when you really work on something, and what happens when you don't.

— Andy Jassy

There is no relief at it being over. There is the joy of winning it.

— Steffi Graf