Tennis Quotes · Page 58

Davis Cup, you know, does take a lot out of you over the weekend. It's tough, especially if you play all three…

— Andy Murray

India needs better singles players to progress as a tennis nation. They need to develop, be physically fitter and stronger.

— Tim Henman

I would say that my downswing mirrors the path of my backswing pretty closely.

— Fred Funk

Because I was a tennis player, Billie Jean King was a hero of mine.

— Sally Ride

Our view is that the very best data miners or statisticians can earn as much as the very best golfers or tennis…

— Anthony Goldbloom

Winning Wimbledon, I can't get my head around that. I still can't believe it's happened.

— Andy Murray

It's crazy how it is. I mean, I go from being not known to, you know, being so known in the tennis…

— Denis Shapovalov

I was thinking that if I hit his nuts, maybe he would serve like a woman.

— Thomas Muster

The serve is the only thing you know about yourself when you play tennis. If you make it right, you make it…

— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

That's when you've got to grit your teeth and hang in there and try and find a way to win when you're…

— Lleyton Hewitt

You have clay players that have maybe struggled doing as well on hard courts and those will get criticised. But you also…

— Casper Ruud

Before I had a problem with playing under pressure because I felt great in practices and then, in a match, suddenly my…

— Iga Swiatek

But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was…

— Andre Agassi

Just the other day someone threw a bra duct-taped to a tennis ball. I just stood there, playing guitar, thinking how this…

— Dave Grohl

As a tennis player, or any professional athlete, our career has a shelf life. I don't want to waste any opportunities, I…

— John Isner

I love an actor who comes in, ready to work. It's like a good tennis player. They hit the ball where you…

— Martin Landau

I would love to have been a tennis player simply because of Serena Williams.

— Nikita Parris

If you're at the top of the game, you're earning money. But compared to other sports, like tennis, you're earning peanuts.

— Judd Trump

It's Roger Federer - this guy has about a million Grand Slams and done everything.

— Frances Tiafoe

I'm not afraid of anyone, but sometimes I'm afraid of myself. The mental part is very important.

— Justine Henin

Roger Ballen is pretty much a member of Die Antwoord, it would be safe to say.

— Watkin Tudor Jones

I thought I was decent at table tennis, but when I saw Ross Barkley and Raheem Sterling, I thought, 'maybe not'.

— Rickie Lambert

Whether I'd stopped playing professionally at 17 - or if I stop at 35 - tennis will always be a part of my life.

— Ashleigh Barty

I actually like to spend time in the gym. I'm really enjoying it. I guess it's good for my tennis, as well.

— Maria Sakkari

I've always felt like I was going to win a British Open at St. Andrews. That place is suited for me.

— Brooks Koepka

Being close to Serena and close to Roger is really a plus for me and an advantage I have to take care…

— Coco Gauff

Facing Novak in the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam is the worst thing.

— Carlos Alcaraz

My reality was that I would become a tennis player. I never had any doubt about it. It was my life.

— Patrick Mouratoglou

Every day two million Americans play tennis and one million of them lose.

— Vic Braden

I'd love to have a line of tennis clothes, something unique and different.

— Grigor Dimitrov

Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for.

— Andy Murray

Serena's always been one of the best, and she will forever be one of the best tennis players in women's tennis.

— Madison Keys

Golfers are forever working on mechanics. My tennis swing hasn't changed in 10 years.

— Pete Sampras

I like the racket to be not very stiff, but not quite flexible - somewhere in between.

— Maria Sakkari

To me, the [British] Open is the tournament I would come to if I had to leave a month before and swim…

— Lee Trevino

It's true I always try to be as seductive as possible but I wouldn't be here if I couldn't play tennis.

— Anna Kournikova

He's now letting Chang play his own game - and he does that better than anyone.

— Christine Truman

The problem at Wimbledon seems to be that the club has suffered a loss of complacency.

— Joe Kinnear

I have this terrible dark side to my personality, which playing tennis keeps at bay

— Monica Seles

The old boys' club of closed tennis court relationships is on the way out.

— Azim Premji