Tennis Quotes · Page 52

Reaching my first grand slam final was amazing, and I didn't expect it at just 19 years old.

— Caroline Wozniacki

When I was a kid, I was always dreaming to one day be the No. 1 player in the world, to win…

— Angelique Kerber

Basically Serena is one of the greatest players of the history. I wish all the best to her because she's so nice.

— Juan Martin del Potro

Seems like most of the kids today are into other sports other than tennis.

— Jana Novotna

I don't always choose to stay fit by playing tennis, because that comes with its own wear-and-tear.

— Andre Agassi

My parents always taught me not to be a good tennis player or the best in what I'm doing, but to be…

— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

I'm an American. You can't go on where you were born. If you do then John McEnroe would be a German.

— Martina Navratilova

Be as subjective as you want. It's a great little racket. I'm glad we found it actually.

— Matt Labash

Of course it's one of my goals to win another grand slam. Wimbledon was great - so if it's Wimbledon again, that's…

— Petra Kvitova

The income in tennis is very up and down, very hot and cold. So I'm very conscious of saving for rainy days.…

— Christopher Eubanks

Volleying comes into grass-court tennis because it's a surface that favours the player who gets on the front foot. So if you've…

— Tim Henman

I never wear heels unless I have to, like if I'm speaking at a panel or going to a reception. I'm always…

— Meena Harris

I think that Ruth Bader Ginsburg needs, like, a pump-up. And I think Jock Jams is a classic pump-up. Like before she…

— Abbi Jacobson

If you look at top players - Steffi Graf, Andre Agassi - so many had a parent who was domineering to the…

— Douglas Brunt

Since a month, two months ago, you know, I've started hitting the ball well. I'm playing some really good tennis. That really…

— Stefan Edberg

I often speak about tennis being one of the most important sports when I was growing up, for my hand-eye coordination and…

— AB de Villiers

I wasn't all that attracted to writing originally. I read a great deal. My parents read a great deal. I do know…

— David Foster Wallace

You don't simply tell someone to get out there and win the tennis match. You say 'move your feet' or 'watch the…

— Diana Nyad

In writing a novel, the writer must be able to identify emotionally and intellectually with two or three or four contradicting perspectives…

— Amos Oz

In elementary school, I didn't even play sports, I was just straight up on the juggling team. I started out with the…

— A. J. Green

Have I ever pretended to be something? I think back in college I think I might have told a girl that I…

— James Roday

Every player, they should sit down and have a meeting. They should agree, 'this is how we play Nadal, this is how…

— Mats Wilander

People sometimes say, "Isn't it boring, isn't it always the same? It's the same lines." I go, "Well, do you play tennis?…

— Kevin Spacey

Speech, tennis, music, skiing, manners, love- you try them waking and perhaps balk at the jump, and then you're over. You've caught…

— Renata Adler

You don't play boxing. You really don't. You play golf, you play tennis, but you don't play boxing.

— Sugar Ray Leonard

I would like to thank all my tennis fans who were there from Day One when I was No. 1, through my…

— Monica Seles

I don't do a huge amount of physical activity. I play tennis, I work out sporadically, and I eat well and take…

— Harrison Ford

Tennis is best of three sets, so even if I lose the first set, I still have a chance.

— Li Na

Tennis is my dream. It is what I love. And it is what I want to be best at.

— Grigor Dimitrov

Roger inspires me, we both play the one-hand backhand, he's also a very aggressive player.

— Stefanos Tsitsipas

Croquet is tough. People play for months because the rules are so bizarre. Those crazy English.

— Jane Kaczmarek

I really want to do well at Slams; I think it's time. I'm not really afraid to talk about it.

— Jessica Pegula

For nostalgia, I like to play Merion - I was fortunate enough to win the U.S. Open there.

— Justin Rose

In tennis the addict moves about a hard rectangle and seeks to ambush a fuzzy ball with a modified snow-shoe.

— Elliott Chaze

I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis.

— Sally Ride

I'm not really motivated to play tennis because of the points or the prize money.

— Ben Shelton

I would blast AC/DC and walk out onto the tennis court and try to hit the ball hard.

— Howard Lutnick

There were many occasions in my career where I could have given up, where I asked myself whether I would ever make…

— Amelie Mauresmo

I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.

— Pete Sampras

My serve has killed a small dog ... I'm joking, I'm joking! The dog was huge!

— Andy Roddick