Tennis Quotes · Page 55

Going into the 2023 Australian Open, I decided to wear the number 3 patch to honor Damar Hamlin.

— Jessica Pegula

It was a big pleasure to play a Grand Slam match on my birthday.

— Dominic Thiem

In tennis, there is the forehand, the backhand, the overhead smash and the drop volley, all with a different grip.

— John Updike

I enjoy hitting tennis balls. I haven't lost any of the innocent parts of tennis. I just do it in front of…

— Andy Roddick

I am not a monster. I'm not all bad. Maybe 10 percent. I think I'm 90 percent good.

— John McEnroe

I always knew that my best tennis was going to be in my late 20s.

— John Isner

When you enter the gates of the All England Club, you can feel the history of tennis.

— Petra Kvitova

In tennis, you strike a ball just after the rebound for the fastest return. It's the same with investment.

— Masayoshi Son

There are so many positives and great memories I will take with me from Wimbledon 2018. It was always part of the…

— Kevin Anderson

Rob Lowe is a sportsman and a ladykiller and it's impossible to be in a scene with him and not immediately begin…

— Emily Procter

Obsession is a negative word, I do not think that obsession can bring positive things. Not only in tennis but, I mean…

— Novak Djokovic

In tennis, because we have a little bit more time, and we can, unlike other sports, we can lose more points and…

— Christopher Eubanks

Maybe for a guy like Zverev or Federer, you could say it's open a bit. For a guy like me, every match…

— Denis Shapovalov

He'll go down as one of the guys who changed our sport in a lot of ways, not only the way he…

— Lleyton Hewitt

Usually if you haven't figured out how you want to play tennis yourself, it is hard to accept the failures of playing…

— Mats Wilander

It's not so bad that I can't touch my toes. But I'm not one of the most flexible guys. When you look…

— Tomas Berdych

It's good to have someone on the tour so close to you - I mean, like, my sister. There is no one…

— Karolina Pliskova

“During a match, you are in a permanent battle to fight back your everyday vulnerabilities, bottle up your human feelings. It’s a…

— Anonymous

Most definitely always been a passion, and always been one of my goals in life as a young person, to have my…

— Venus Williams

To Yossarian, the idea of pennants as prizes was absurd. No money went with them, no class privileges. Like Olympic medals and…

— Joseph Heller

I decided that I want to live the rest of my life happy with what I'm doing. So when I play tennis…

— Monica Seles

At the very beginning of my career, when I opened my business in Italy, I was also a ranked tennis player. I…

— Oleg Cassini

But I think it's important admitting to my teammates, Hey, I'm really struggling right now, and can you help me out?' Or,…

— Jordan Larson

With tennis, you can go pick up a racket, take a lesson, and understand how much talent and skill it takes to…

— Mario Andretti

For the first couple of years I played really bad tennis. It was so bad that they booed me off the court

— Richard Krajicek

It's really football, tennis, and golf that I watch other than hockey.

— Sidney Crosby

I want to be remembered for as many tournaments as I can win and as many grand slams I can win.

— Bernard Tomic

I don't mix business with anything. I don't do business dinners. I don't do business tennis. And I don't do business squash.

— Philip Anschutz

Family's first, and that's what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game.

— Serena Williams

I think we are big believers that we can provide the answers to help grow team tennis in America and create American…

— Ilana Kloss

You don't go home and talk about the great tennis courts that you played, but you do talk about the golf courses…

— Hank Ketcham

I've given offense by saying I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down.

— Robert Frost

Always, in every match here at the U.S. Open, the crowd make me feels special. I really like the atmospheres down there.

— Juan Martin del Potro

I'd love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.

— Maria Sharapova

I want to be remembered as a great player, but I guess it will be as a player who got angry on…

— John McEnroe

Playing the tennis circuit, I travelled so much for so long, that being at home is now one of my favourite things.

— Tim Henman

Serena Williams is the ultimate champion. She knows what it takes to get to the top.

— Katrina Adams

To be a professional tennis player you need to put in these sort of hours.

— Guy Forget

I didn't play my best but I won. He was a lucky loser but I think he went out of luck today.

— Tim Henman

Sex doesn't interfere with your tennis; it's staying out all night trying to find it that affects your tennis

— Andre Agassi