Character Comes Quotes by Virginia Wade

It's difficult for most people to imagine the creative process in tennis. Seemingly it's just an athletic matter of hitting the ball consistently well…

— Virginia Wade

“You'll see me differently in the morning, after I've fucked some sense into you.”

— Virginia Wade

When I am playing well I think I play such boring tennis.

— Virginia Wade

It's only when it comes to crunch time that people's true character comes out.

— Virginia Wade

I always felt that I hadn't achieved what I wanted to achieve. I always felt I could get better. That's the whole incentive.

— Virginia Wade

Chris Lloyd came out of the dressing room like a pistol.

— Virginia Wade

Winners aren't popular, losers often are.

— Virginia Wade

Martina, she's got several layers of steel out there like a cat with nine lives.

— Virginia Wade

Tennis is a fine balance between determination and tiredness.

— Virginia Wade

I don't make friends with the girls I'm playing against. It would be too painful to beat them.

— Virginia Wade

She [Monica Seles] has so much control of the racket with those double-handed wrists.

— Virginia Wade

At the end I couldn't hear what the Queen was saying to me. But it was just great to see her lips moving.

— Virginia Wade

Ann's got to take her nerve by the horns.

— Virginia Wade