Tennis Quotes · Page 56

For me, I still wish every day that I could play tennis again. It's such an incredible, wonderful job to have.

— Sue Barker

USTA helps me out a lot, the Tennis Center. I can't thank them enough.

— Frances Tiafoe

I admire Roger Federer, not only for his tennis but also for his personality.

— Ana Ivanovic

Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.

— Billie Jean King

Nobody expected me to win Wimbledon. It was something to strive for.

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

I got into tennis because of my parents. They would play a little on the weekend and I liked it when I…

— Gael Monfils

“Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquility.”

— Billie Jean King

It's no disgrace to play against the world's champions and lose by one service break in the last two sets.

— Bobby Riggs

Sometimes I need to switch off and I like being competitive and am not able to play tennis 15 hours per day.…

— Daniil Medvedev

I would say that Roger Federer is pretty amazing. And Manny Pacquiao - he's such a tiny, little lightweight guy, but the…

— Wladimir Klitschko

The most challenging thing is people do see me as a tennis player, but I've had a lot of opportunities because I…

— Venus Williams

Tennis always fascinated me, because it made every demand: technology, tactics, physique, endurance. The competition of one against one has a very…

— Ralph Hasenhuttl

I'm extremely happy and extremely grateful to these stem cells. I started tennis again, and it's going very well. I have no…

— Princess Michael of Kent

Technically he is perfect and he plays so naturally, almost without effort. It's like when Roger Federer plays tennis, he barely sweats.

— Vicente del Bosque

I have tennis shoes with little rhinestones that I slip on if I exercise. But I always wear heels, even around the…

— Dolly Parton

I used to cut guitars out of a piece of cardboard to copy the Strat look. I used a backwards tennis racket…

— Rick Springfield

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

Like all sports fans, tennis junkies are not satisfied with simply following the current crop of players and admiring their accomplishments. They…

— Dave McPherson

“His chief form of entertainment was reading. The last moments he was in a cabin were usually spent scanning bookshelves and nightstands.…

— Michael Finkel

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

— Jim Courier

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

— Serena Williams

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

If I could have played my whole career on one court it would have been the Centre Court at Wimbledon.

— Tim Henman

In doubles there was nobody before me. I have changed how people look at doubles.

— Jwala Gutta

I'd grown up with Wimbledon, and so to play on Centre Court really was a dream come true.

— Sue Barker

It's all changed now at Wimbledon. There's just one big loo for the whole Royal Box. I don't think we're treated differently.

— Princess Michael of Kent

I'm a softball player. I'm a soccer player. I played tennis every day. I love being outside.

— Kendra Wilkinson

When I was younger, I was a robot. Wind her up and she plays tennis.

— Chris Evert

It's very important to take tennis to the people. For young people, they get to see the best in the world.

— Billie Jean King

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

Tennis is beautiful when you can see tactics, when players don't just react but are able to act and think.

— Rafael Nadal

My feelings are Yevgeny Kafelnikov should take his prize money when he is done here and go and buy some perspective.

— Andre Agassi

The general public don't like boxers. They prefer tennis players.

— Carl Froch

Especially growing up in Atlanta, I saw it firsthand - nobody really wanted to play tennis. You went to basketball or football.

— Christopher Eubanks

I've been talking to Martina [Hingis] about playing for a couple of years. Maybe I can convince her to play some doubles.

— Martina Navratilova