Tennis Quotes · Page 43

I feel the best game on hard courts, even if I know that I can play well enough on grass and clay.

— Daniil Medvedev

I still play a bit of tennis, but only a knockabout to help with my recovery after a game.

— Nikita Parris

Greatest thing in life: Winning a tennis match. Second greatest thing in life: Losing a tennis match

— Jimmy Connors

The second I was on the tennis court, I had the structure I wanted. I was in complete control of what I…

— Madison Keys

Being a 6-foot-tall tennis player is not great for a girl's social life.

— Pam Shriver

Good music just makes me happy and keeps me from getting distracted.

— Sloane Stephens

I know tennis is just a game, but it's something that it can actually unite us even more.

— Grigor Dimitrov

The very first tournament I watched is the U.S. Open when I was 13. And that was the year Juli Inkster won.

— Yani Tseng

I'm 28, your career is a long time. We're not tennis players or football players. I'm just about reaching what should be…

— Tommy Fleetwood

I was so lucky to have those people who took me under their wing and showed me what high-level tennis was like,…

— Christopher Eubanks

It's as if women are in a totally rigged race. A lot of men are driving souped-up, low-slung racing cars and we're…

— Naomi Weisstein

It was after Wimbledon I pushed on. I just learnt a lot from the loss to Rafa. I realised I needed to…

— Andy Murray

I play tennis non-obsessively. I seem to beat people I play a lot or half the time, so I guess I gravitate…

— Alan Alda

I broke all my rackets. I didn't have a racket for the fifth set. I broke four. Now I hold the record.…

— Nikolay Davydenko

We do more ready-to-wear and ath-leisure, things you would wear everyday. I never close my mind to anything and eventually want to…

— Serena Williams

When I turned pro, it was one of my goals to get ranked in the top 50. I didn't really feel the…

— Kei Nishikori

But I think it's important admitting to my teammates, Hey, I'm really struggling right now, and can you help me out?' Or,…

— Jordan Larson

At the very beginning of my career, when I opened my business in Italy, I was also a ranked tennis player. I…

— Oleg Cassini

I decided that I want to live the rest of my life happy with what I'm doing. So when I play tennis…

— Monica Seles

To Yossarian, the idea of pennants as prizes was absurd. No money went with them, no class privileges. Like Olympic medals and…

— Joseph Heller

Most definitely always been a passion, and always been one of my goals in life as a young person, to have my…

— Venus Williams

Like all sports fans, tennis junkies are not satisfied with simply following the current crop of players and admiring their accomplishments. They…

— Dave McPherson

“His chief form of entertainment was reading. The last moments he was in a cabin were usually spent scanning bookshelves and nightstands.…

— Michael Finkel

We look for opportunities to play together including basketball, tennis, swimming, riding bikes and touch football. I try to provide a loving…

— Alan Thicke

We all choke. Winners know how to handle choking better than losers.

— John McEnroe

You know, Slams are tough. It's the most physical, in my opinion. You're playing three out of five.

— John Isner

The reason why I chose tennis was, in tennis you can make mistakes. You can lose points but you can still win…

— Jannik Sinner

Since I was like eight, I always wanted to be playing pro tennis.

— Frances Tiafoe

I kind of learned that it's never over until it's over in tennis.

— Denis Shapovalov

I really want to win every title that I go for, and I think Wimbledon is even more special.

— Carlos Alcaraz

In 1971, big tournaments were very new to me. I just thought Wimbledon was one of the other tournaments.

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Some of us have the good fortune of some type of natural gift, whether it's playing tennis or painting or writing.

— Roger Housden

It's the good thing about sports, about tennis. One week can change everything, you have to remember that.

— Andrey Rublev

Always I say, 'No. 1 in the world without a Grand Slam, you are not a real No. 1.'

— Simona Halep

I actually tried quite a few racquets in college before I turned pro.

— Kevin Anderson

I love playing at Roland Garros even though people think that I'm not a clay-court specialist.

— Aryna Sabalenka

I did realize more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business.

— Monica Seles

Winning a doubles title or reaching a doubles final does soften the blow of an early singles exit a little bit.

— Jessica Pegula

As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don't know if we have it.

— Billie Jean King

Acting is like a game of tennis. The better your opponent, the better you're going to play.

— Shawnee Smith