Tennis Quotes · Page 50

While I'm more of a soccer and tennis fan myself, I still enjoying catching some football games when I get the chance.

— Marcus Samuelsson

When I was 13 my dream was to play the U.S. Open. Now it's to win it.

— Yani Tseng

I think tennis needs to be reinvented. I think there is a space for two different tours. This exists in many other…

— Patrick Mouratoglou

Tennis has given me this wonderful life and I'm very grateful for it.

— Maria Sharapova

When Serena is number one, its hard to think of being number one.

— Simona Halep

I do tennis ball drills mostly for bouncers, for my muscle memory as well.

— Shikhar Dhawan

She [Monica Seles] has so much control of the racket with those double-handed wrists.

— Virginia Wade

Wimbledon is a special place for me in so many ways and I feel privileged to have been such a big part…

— Sue Barker

To win the major, you have to play two weeks your best tennis and deal with a lot of things around, to…

— Angelique Kerber

I had an opportunity to hit tennis balls with Billie Jean King when she was in South Africa when I was 11.…

— Ilana Kloss

There was a moment when I was not confident in myself. I was doubting a few things about my physical abilities, my…

— Daniil Medvedev

I did a little bit of picketing. I played a lot with my three-and-a-half-year-old son, which was good...And I went to Israel…

— Rainn Wilson

I'm really into tennis. Because of the traveling, standing in front of a mirror and lifting weights in a gym makes me…

— Dominic Cooper

Doubles is exciting. Especially in the U.S. a lot of elite players play. They want to learn more about doubles, recreationally play…

— Bethanie Mattek-Sands

I used to hear a lot that all I could do was hit a serve, I couldn't volley, I can't hit a…

— Andy Roddick

I knew I was the second-best tennis player in the state of Florida and No. 8 in the United States of America…

— Jim Courier

Give all the credit in the world to Angelique Kerber - great, great talent. She's been in the top 10 for the…

— Howard Bryant

I think that always myself is my worst opponent. I always playing against myself first and then to the other one. So…

— Gaston Gaudio

That's why Serena Williams is such a hero for me, because she's got such incredible swagger, and it's earned, and she can…

— Gina Prince-Bythewood

It is for me important to have hobbies. Otherwise I would go crazy playing tennis all the time. These hobbies help me…

— Stefanos Tsitsipas

I think my greatest victory was every time I walked out there, I gave it everything I had. I left everything out…

— Jimmy Connors

I tell you what really fries my ass. When somebody gets on me for the way I look. Fat. Overweight. Well, I…

— Bobby Knight

It's difficult for people to come to the understanding that only a small minority of people ever really get the word about…

— Earl Nightingale

“Were you serious when you said I might win someday at Wimbledon?" Claire answered, "There's so much that's pure luck, good or…

— Fiona Hodgkin

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.

— Arthur Ashe

The minute you think you know everything about tennis is the minute your game starts going down the tubes.

— Jimmy Connors

Playing in a main draw Grand Slam is something you dream about as a kid.

— Frances Tiafoe

When I retired from tennis I wanted to do other things with my life.

— Bjorn Borg

“If I knew beforehand that I’d need a good backhand, I’d never have taken up tennis. Or bitch slapping.”

— Jarod Kintz

Umpires are like emotional girlfriends, once they make up their minds, there is no point in arguing

— Dmitry Tursunov

All teenage girls like to look good and tennis players are no different.

— Maria Kirilenko

The old boys' club of closed tennis court relationships is on the way out.

— Azim Premji

I have this terrible dark side to my personality, which playing tennis keeps at bay

— Monica Seles

The problem at Wimbledon seems to be that the club has suffered a loss of complacency.

— Joe Kinnear

He's now letting Chang play his own game - and he does that better than anyone.

— Christine Truman

It's true I always try to be as seductive as possible but I wouldn't be here if I couldn't play tennis.

— Anna Kournikova

To me, the [British] Open is the tournament I would come to if I had to leave a month before and swim…

— Lee Trevino

I like the racket to be not very stiff, but not quite flexible - somewhere in between.

— Maria Sakkari

I used to go to the U.S. Open on my birthdays and sit in the nosebleeds.

— Andy Roddick

I am a big fan of players like Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic and Leander Paes. I would love to see…

— Masaba Gupta