If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. — Chris Evert Copy Share Image
I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as… — Yannick Noah Copy Share Image
It's difficult for most people to imagine the creative process in tennis. Seemingly it's just an athletic matter of hitting the ball… — Virginia Wade Copy Share Image
Tennis belongs to the individualistic past - a hero, or at most a pair of friends or lovers, against the world. — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
It's one-on-one out there, man. There ain't no hiding. I can't pass the ball. — Pete Sampras Copy Share Image
Tennis is an addiction that once it has truly hooked a man will not let him go. — Russell Lynes Copy Share Image
You have to believe in the long term plan you have but you need the short term goals to motivate and inspire… — Roger Federer Copy Share Image
An otherwise happily married couple may turn a mixed doubles game into a scene from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf. — Rod Laver Copy Share Image
What a polite game tennis is. The chief word in it seems to be "sorry" and admiration of each other's play crosses… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image