Tennis Quotes · Page 46

Quarter-finals is good at a Grand Slam, but I think we want to go farther.

— Tim Henman

My serve was there, everything was just clicking. Those are the days you dream about, especially in a final.

— Pete Sampras

Tennis is a very objective sport in the sense that the scoreboard doesn't lie.

— Andre Agassi

I love skateboarding and rollerblading, but I'm not really allowed to do it because of my tennis.

— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

I used to travel in tennis shoes; I am just not allowed to anymore. I'm an old hippie from San Francisco.

— Amy Irving

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

— Virginia Wade

Henman and Coria have met three times in the past and they've won one apiece.

— Annabel Croft

If you play tennis it is to have these moments, moments of adrenaline, where it gets dangerous. It is a bit masochistic.

— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

“A ball feels different off every player's racket-there are minute but concrete subtleties of force and spin. Now, hitting with her (Steffi…

— Andre Agassi

Tennis is very much a meritocracy. There's no favoritism, there's no politics. You either win or lose based on how you perform…

— Andy Jassy

I've always been into sport, I watch all sport - I love golf, tennis, football and to me to box and have…

— Carl Froch

Just try to take it one match at a time. It's a really cliche thing that tennis players say, but I don't…

— Christopher Eubanks

My mom was a great tennis player, and I remember being six or seven years old watching Steffi Graf and Monica Seles…

— Tom Brady

My father used to play ice hockey, though not at a high level, and my mother wasn't involved in sport at all,…

— Karolina Pliskova

Some people like the off days to do a light practice or work on things and then get ready for the next…

— Jack Sock

We all know how to play tennis. We all know how to hit the ball. It's more just about those details -…

— Grigor Dimitrov

The pressure is the same every year. I am here because I try my best every day and because I have a…

— Rafael Nadal

This year its just about winning the big matches because if youre going to get into the top 20 then youve got…

— Andy Murray

I'm not here to prove or to scream or to remind people. As long as I know that I achieved things in…

— Anna Kournikova

Those who say that Serena isn't serious about tennis; she wants to go Hollywood. That's true, about Hollywood. I would love to…

— Serena Williams

I'm proud to have opened [two] schools in Africa and one in Jamaica [through the Serena Williams Fund and its partners]. I…

— Serena Williams

I think all of us who kind of live within the sport recognize that Davis Cup certainly could be a little more…

— Jim Courier

You hear a few people saying that, you know, maybe some of the past male players like to watch me play or…

— Samantha Stosur

It has changed, quite a lot. It is very different now, there are quicker men, they are taller, stronger, have great stamina.…

— Bjorn Borg

Stress is part of your career. You have to accept it and deal with it because there is a lot of emotion…

— Stan Wawrinka

I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.

— Pat Cash

In 1980 I was attacked by a dog in Spain and was temporarily blinded in one eye - I thought it would…

— Sue Barker

I think when you can beat Novak Djokovic in the final of a Masters tournament, you are going to be OK.

— Mats Wilander

I played professional tennis for about six years and I played football and handball in school as well.

— Masaba Gupta

The Gullikson twins here. An interesting pair, both from Wisconsin.

— Dan Maskell

I did tennis for a while, and I was actually on the volleyball team for a minute.

— Kacey Musgraves

When you step out on the grounds of Wimbledon, you feel that respect, you feel that heritage, feel the history.

— Grigor Dimitrov

Lendl has remained throughout as calm as the proverbial iceberg.

— Dan Maskell

Yeah, I think there are many other important things in life, not just tennis.

— Daniela Hantuchova

Because I've won one Grand Slam title, I feel like I have a good chance to win more.

— Simona Halep

Every generation has its own Goran. So I was the Goran of this generation.

— Goran Ivanisevic

I love being outside and feeling free, so I jog or ride my bike. Some days I play basketball or tennis.

— Jennifer Hudson

“Prove the nay-sayers wrong... Leave being average to others... You could be the one who changes the way the world spins”

— Frank Giampaolo

When some people were going around being surf bums and tennis bums, I was being a gallery bum. I really liked galleries.

— Dennis Hopper

To beat Federer 3 times does not mean anything he is a genius whose hair does not even move when he plays.

— Guillermo Canas