“I didn’t make a fool out of myself.’ ” By JULIET MACUR A comedy routine broke out Monday during Venus Williams’s first-round match… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I prefer the Grand Slam than the No. 1, but still, to get No. 1, not many players did that, so it's… — Simona Halep Copy Share Image
Wimbledon is quite simply the ultimate championship, and I'd be the first to admit it was the one I wanted to win.… — Tim Henman Copy Share Image
I play tennis five hours a week, from Monday to Friday, for one hour every day. I like to be fit. If… — Bjorn Borg Copy Share Image
When I'm in a tournament, my focus is playing tennis. When I've lost, my focus immediately shifts. I reflect on the match… — Christopher Eubanks Copy Share Image
Nadal tries his best all the time, every point. But Kyrgios can spend 10 minutes looking like he would rather be walking… — Mats Wilander Copy Share Image
I never start anything 'I want to be No. 1. I want to win Grand Slam.' For me, no. It's always step… — Stan Wawrinka Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say I'm a spender in the sense that I'm going out on huge spending sprees. However, to be able to… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
During high school, I would purposely lose tennis and squash matches to escape the agony of anxiety that competitive situations would provoke… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like tap-dancing, screeching, unscrewing light bulbs, pulling curtains, combing hair, doing knee bends, handstands and turning somersaults out there. — Ilie Nastase Copy Share Image
My mom told me to cover up my arms ever since I was little because I was muscular. She wanted me to… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
Sports is about balls and about heart and you don't find too many champions in any sport in the world without heart… — Mats Wilander Copy Share Image
When you get a co-star with whom you can do some give-and-take, it becomes like one of those lawn tennis matches where… — Pulkit Samrat Copy Share Image
As you know, I was one of the original grunters. But Jimmy Connors used to grunt way before I was born. I… — Monica Seles Copy Share Image
In lawn tennis mixed, the basic chivalry move is to pretend to serve less fiercely to the woman than to the man.… — Stephen Potter Copy Share Image
For my tennis, I think it's better balls are flying because I like to play quicker, finish the point little bit quicker… — Kei Nishikori Copy Share Image
The kids know what I'm doing when I exercise, and that's powerful. So don't just tell your kids to go play outside.… — Summer Sanders Copy Share Image
There is so many things to do in life rather than playing tennis, so I'm sure I will find something. I just… — Marion Bartoli Copy Share Image
I, as a cricketer, would like to see 100 counties playing top-flight cricket, just like tennis and football. If I am alive… — Kapil Dev Copy Share Image
I've become better at the net. I've got a 135 mph serve so I'd be stupid not to follow that in. Overall… — Andy Roddick Copy Share Image
When I lost a tennis match that made me upset or hurt emotionally I would find myself going to the piano and… — Aaron Zigman Copy Share Image
I haven't been in tennis for that long, but what I can say is that we have a lot of young guys… — Novak Djokovic Copy Share Image
while it's true in tennis, love is zero. but zero is also where everything starts. nothing would ever be born if we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I think there's no reason the Davis Cup couldn't be as powerful and popular and profitable as any of the four majors… — Jim Courier Copy Share Image
There are a lot of good racquetball players out there, but playing the game and knowing the game are two different things.… — Kane Waselenchuk Copy Share Image
I couldn't be accepted into tennis school because I was too young. I had to wait a year until I was four… — Garbine Muguruza Copy Share Image
I have to use other things to help my tennis, like my brain. But I believe that, even when your muscles are… — Marion Bartoli Copy Share Image
In tennis ball cricket, even it's hit from the toe of the bat, the ball still travels a lot, but in normal… — MS Dhoni Copy Share Image
It was reported that Anna Kournikova is coming out with her own brand of deodorant. Apparently, the ads show Kournikova holding up… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
What we know is that probably the face of tennis post Covid-19 will not be the same anymore. The economic crisis probably… — Patrick Mouratoglou Copy Share Image
No. 1 is definitely staying healthy. That is always going to be the biggest priority. I think when I am healthy, it… — Kevin Anderson Copy Share Image
When we introduced 10-and-under tennis - when we shortened the courts and had smaller rackets and low-compression balls for trying to introduce… — Katrina Adams Copy Share Image
I would say to win a slam, especially against somebody as Novak, is already a big motivation, and I don't think there… — Daniil Medvedev Copy Share Image
I don't care now if I ever win a match in my life again. Whatever I do in my life, wherever I… — Goran Ivanisevic Copy Share Image
My family belongs to a tennis club in Valencia, California, so I always go there. I play a lot of tennis with… — Ashley Tisdale Copy Share Image
In the 1980s when I was growing up in the Berkshire town of Maidenhead I was heavily into tennis. It was the… — Peter Jones Copy Share Image
I think it was the right time for me to retire because nowadays tennis is too incredibly fast and you can say… — Jana Novotna Copy Share Image
Sport doesn't know barriers, really. You are judged on your performance... how far you can jump, how fast you can run, how… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
I love tennis. But even if I become the greatest of all time, I still don't only want to be defined by… — Grigor Dimitrov Copy Share Image
“She felt about a love set as a painter does about his masterpiece; each ace serve was a form of brushwork to… — Janet Flanner Copy Share Image
