Tennis Quotes · Page 36

I want to have lots of bodyguards around me and be surrounded by beautiful women while watching my brother play at Wimbledon.

— Alex Pettyfer

Carlsen will be ridiculously difficult to play against. (on the 2013 World Championship match)

— Viswanathan Anand

The thing I learned from playing tennis is that I know what competition is. I can handle rejection.

— Aaron Zigman

And here's Zivojinovic, six foot six inches tall and fourteen pounds ten ounces.

— Dan Maskell

“A man will reveal his true self, or so it seems, on the tennis court.”

— Joyce Carol Oates

I lived in Hollywood long enough to learn to play tennis and become a star, but I never felt it was my…

— Paulette Goddard

It's always more fun when you see the Americans winning, especially at their home zlam. It's great for American tennis.

— Jessica Pegula

Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.

— Boris Becker

No. 1 is definitely staying healthy. That is always going to be the biggest priority. I think when I am healthy, it…

— Kevin Anderson

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

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

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

I have to use other things to help my tennis, like my brain. But I believe that, even when your muscles are…

— Marion Bartoli

There are a lot of good racquetball players out there, but playing the game and knowing the game are two different things.…

— Kane Waselenchuk

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

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

It's something I've always wanted - to be known as an Australian. When I was younger I was always referred to as…

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

You have to keep writing. It's almost like practice, almost like tennis, that actually after a few days of not writing, first…

— Colm Toibin

“And then also, again, still, what are those boundaries, if they’re not baselines, that contain and direct its infinite expansion inward, that…

— David Foster Wallace

Even if I play backgammon with my coach, I hate to lose. I won't talk to him for, like, an hour. So…

— Ana Ivanovic

When I fight for a cause and I know it, I fight for it. I'm not scared to say something. I think…

— Gael Monfils

The serve, I was too young and too small and... not enough powerful to have a good serve when I was young,…

— Roger Federer

Tennis players wear sleeveless tops and skirts with spandex shorts so that they can hit, reach, and lunge for the ball effectively.…

— Paige Spiranac

I was fighting for tennis, I was an evangelist for tennis, and it was literally just passion that kept pushing and pushing,…

— Steve Bellamy

I'm just trying to play good tennis and win matches. Then I let other people decide what they think.

— Daniil Medvedev

“In any game, the game itself is the prize, no matter who wins, ultimately both lose the game.”

— Amit Kalantri

I started when I was 4, but I didn't play seriously until I was 8.

— Kathy Rinaldi

I'm really trying to focus myself on playing tennis, and I think that's really important.

— Stefan Edberg

When we used the small-faced racquets and wood racquets, we had to use every part of the court.

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Everybody loves sport but we have derelict tennis courts, football pitches are not kept up to standards - it's basic stuff.

— Paul Casey

Tennis is a funny game; unbelievable highs and the lows are just as low.

— John McEnroe

I play tennis for a living even though I hate tennis, hate it with a dark and secret passion and always have.

— Andre Agassi

Whatever I am today is because of my mom and she has taught me everything in tennis and still does.

— Andrey Rublev

Tennis was my hobby which became my career but it never felt like a job.

— Tim Henman

Tennis is one of those sports: whatever you put in, you get out.

— Grigor Dimitrov

The French people have Roland Garros, the Brits have Wimbledon, the Americans have U.S. Open. For me, it's the Australian Open.

— Stefanos Tsitsipas

What distinguishes tennis is respect for one's opponent, one's conduct on the court.

— Rafael Nadal

The days of a tennis champion as a gender rights leader are over.

— Rich Eisen

The roughest thing I ever said to an umpire was, 'Are you sure?'

— Rod Laver

When you're watching college tennis and you're in that close match, there's nothing better.

— Jack Sock