Tennis Quotes · Page 34

John McEnroe's so good. Against him, all you can do is shake hands and take a shower.

— Tomas Smid

If she gets the jitters now, then she isn't the great champion that she is.

— Max Robertson

I got to one Grand Slam final, and that's what you shoot for as a player.

— Pam Shriver

I played tennis when I was younger. I don't know if I could have been a professional, but I am still passionate…

— Hugo Lloris

This trophy is so special in the world of tennis and it feels great.

— Amelie Mauresmo

A good deal of education consists of unlearning-the breaking of bad habits as with a tennis serve.

— Mary McCarthy

I can be a tennis player, a golf player, and even a soccer player.

— Deontay Wilder

To those people doubting Serena Williams, writing her off - do not do that to a champion.

— Martina Navratilova

Swinging at daisies is like playing electric guitar with a tennis racket: if it were that easy, we could all be Jerry…

— Michael Bamberger

I grew up playing tennis. My father has a tennis court at his home in Bel Air and I was always watching…

— Redfoo

You know, I think playing doubles definitely helps your singles game in all aspects. Just being able to get that match practice,…

— Jennifer Brady

For me, it has an extra value to be able to beat the Williams sisters in the finals, because they are just…

— Garbine Muguruza

Tennis is not a contract sport and we really rely on the WTA and ATP tours to be up and running so…

— Bethanie Mattek-Sands

I beat my sons in real-life table tennis, but virtually, I get murdered. I download games on the iPhone that I'm addicted…

— Salman Rushdie

I've been asked a lot lately if tennis is clean or not. I don't know any more how you judge whether a…

— Andy Murray

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

“Thou asks, puttar, the purpose of life. This is a very large question indeed from one so young. It is a very…

— Ian B.G. Burns

I love soccer, love tennis... Roger Federer has been a favourite for a long, long time. The kind of consistency he has…

— Virat Kohli

No one I don't think has any experience with the type of body surgery that 'Botched' has given me. The level of…

— Terry Dubrow

There is a lot of pressure on tennis players like other sports that are singular like you're not on a team. When…

— Jim Courier

“Serena's not worried her friend is gonna feel bad she's not as good at tennis as Serena is. You know why? Because…

— Shonda Rhimes

“A tennis player at twenty-nine can seem like the oldest person in the world. She's been through an entire life span already,…

— Maria Sharapova

After I went through two years of not winning an event, what kept me going was winning one more major. Once I…

— Pete Sampras

When I used to say I wanted to play at Wimbledon, they used to laugh in my face and say, 'What are…

— Sania Mirza

As a kid, I'm going to be honest with you, I didn't even know there was separate rankings for singles and doubles.

— Coco Gauff

I like things to feel a touch unfinished; sweatpants with heels, or tennis shoes with a trouser. Those things are important.

— Jenna Lyons

Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was…

— Kristi Yamaguchi

Almost every Grand Slam, I'm in second week, which is pretty positive for me.

— Karolina Pliskova

There's definitely a lot of different players out there; not just one type of tennis you are going to win with.

— Ben Shelton

Dreams do come true if you keep believing in yourself. Anything is possible.

— Jennifer Capriati

I would be happy to do more sightseeing. I would love to do more after my tennis career.

— Caroline Garcia

I think women's MMA is getting a bigger stage than women's football or tennis.

— Raquel Pennington

It's just now I think tennis has changed. There are so many girls serving well.

— Maria Sakkari

The U.S. Open was the first tournament I watched in person when I was 8 years old.

— Coco Gauff

My mom was a professional tennis player. She was the one who made tennis in Greece an actual sport.

— Maria Sakkari

She [Serena Williams] played some great shots, but so did I, and that was the only difference.

— Jennifer Capriati

In badminton, they use a lot from the wrist. But I use a lot from the shoulder.

— Li Na

If Pete’s (Sampras) child is a girl, my son will like her; if he’s a boy, my son will defeat him.

— Andre Agassi

Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at.

— Maggie Grace

The Olympics is not for tennis and tennis does not need the Olympics. It is not my goal in life to win…

— Marat Safin