Tennis Quotes · Page 59

All teenage girls like to look good and tennis players are no different.

— Maria Kirilenko

Where there is so much racket, there must be something out of kilter

— Sojourner Truth

I think the reason my relationship works so well with my dad is that we can separate our tennis lives from our…

— Alexander Zverev

One of the biggest things I've worked on is how to play my best tennis every single time I walk on to…

— Kevin Anderson

I am there to play tennis and represent the U.S., but I'm also aware that not everyone's going to be able to…

— Jim Courier

Oh! full Surrey twilight! importunate band! Oh! strongly adorable tennis-girl's hand!

— John Betjeman

Once you step on the court, you see the crowd, you see the final, you see I'm here playing another Wimbledon final.

— Garbine Muguruza

We've never had a hungrier player than Federer and Nadal and I would say that Nadal is probably much hungrier than Federer.

— Mats Wilander

Being as close to Coco as I am... being good friends with Naomi, I'm around enough tennis players to be able to…

— Christopher Eubanks

I do doubles on Monday and Thursday, take Wednesday off or do easy cardio, do doubles on Thursday and Friday, and the…

— Mikaela Shiffrin

From now until the end of the year I would like to eke out one victory, that's my short term aim. I…

— Marat Safin

Climbing has so much more culture than all other activities put together. There is no culture in tennis, just a few names,…

— Reinhold Messner

I just could never have imagined that I would be mentioned with Chris Evert or with Martina Navratilova, because I was just…

— Serena Williams

To me, mixed doubles is an undervalued tennis product. You have guys and girls playing on the same level, no handicaps. The…

— Bethanie Mattek-Sands

I love going to Australia. That's also the first Grand Slam where I had a good amount of success. I've played some…

— Christopher Eubanks

For me, tennis became something much bigger when I lost my father. Now I just want to see how far I can…

— Aryna Sabalenka

You'd have to think that if he'd been around today, Rod Laver would have been Rod Laver.

— Jim Courier

I am a big fan of players like Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic and Leander Paes. I would love to see…

— Masaba Gupta

I used to go to the U.S. Open on my birthdays and sit in the nosebleeds.

— Andy Roddick

I would blast AC/DC and walk out onto the tennis court and try to hit the ball hard.

— Howard Lutnick

I'm not really motivated to play tennis because of the points or the prize money.

— Ben Shelton

I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis.

— Sally Ride

In tennis the addict moves about a hard rectangle and seeks to ambush a fuzzy ball with a modified snow-shoe.

— Elliott Chaze

For nostalgia, I like to play Merion - I was fortunate enough to win the U.S. Open there.

— Justin Rose

I really want to do well at Slams; I think it's time. I'm not really afraid to talk about it.

— Jessica Pegula

Croquet is tough. People play for months because the rules are so bizarre. Those crazy English.

— Jane Kaczmarek

Roger inspires me, we both play the one-hand backhand, he's also a very aggressive player.

— Stefanos Tsitsipas

Tennis is my dream. It is what I love. And it is what I want to be best at.

— Grigor Dimitrov

When I was a kid in Adelaide, I dreamed of becoming No. 1 in the world, winning a grand slam and the…

— Lleyton Hewitt

The only possible regret I have is the feeling that I will die without having played enough tennis.

— Jean Borotra

You can see Bjorn Borg, but when I watch some game of him I want just to take a nap, no?

— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

My serve has killed a small dog ... I'm joking, I'm joking! The dog was huge!

— Andy Roddick

I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.

— Pete Sampras

There were many occasions in my career where I could have given up, where I asked myself whether I would ever make…

— Amelie Mauresmo

Basically Serena is one of the greatest players of the history. I wish all the best to her because she's so nice.

— Juan Martin del Potro

When I was a kid, I was always dreaming to one day be the No. 1 player in the world, to win…

— Angelique Kerber

Reaching my first grand slam final was amazing, and I didn't expect it at just 19 years old.

— Caroline Wozniacki

Tennis is failing to renew its fanbase. And that's very worrying, because the future doesn't look bright.

— Patrick Mouratoglou

My dad was a professional basketball player, and my mom was a hell of a tennis player.

— Luke Rockhold

I would like to thank all my tennis fans who were there from Day One when I was No. 1, through my…

— Monica Seles