Tennis Quotes · Page 56

I haven't played tennis since 2006, and tennis is one of those sports where if you don't play, you don't get paid.

— Mark Philippoussis

When people say that American tennis is dead and things like that, you kind of take it a little personal.

— Madison Keys

Lleyton Hewitt... his two greatest strengths are his legs, his speed, his agility and his competitiveness.

— Pat Cash

“You’ve got to go through hell... Before you get to heaven... Let’s do 10 more”

— Frank Giampaolo

There is no such thing as bad luck in tennis. Just bad technique.

— Mats Wilander

In tennis, it's usually you by yourself, so getting to be part of a team is really special.

— Sofia Kenin

It was a pleasure to share the court with Serena; she's such a champion.

— Petra Kvitova

It's like love. When you look too hard, you don't find it. When you let it happen naturally, it comes.

— Marat Safin

Back in East St. Louis, tennis wasn't the real thing. If you weren't playing baseball, basketball, football, you were kind of on…

— Jimmy Connors

I had one good racket, a Wilson Javelin. It was my favorite racket, and I made the mistake of putting it next…

— Stefan Edberg

Americans haven't had the best success in the clay-court season or at Roland Garros, but it'd be really cool to change that…

— Ben Shelton

Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly…

— Jack Nicholson

Fortunately, the way I play tennis, I don't have to spend too much time analyzing or worrying about my opponents. I typically…

— Kevin Anderson

I think tennis and golf have had a large boost in participation with a lot of people wanting to take up the…

— Casper Ruud

I've played this game from 12-under to the over-70s. So when they say tennis is a game from the cradle to the…

— Bobby Riggs

The more time you spend on tour, around the top guys especially, you see what they do, the work, the preparation, the…

— Jack Sock

Tennis takes care of everything. It requires agility and quickness to get to the ball, core strength to get power into your…

— Samantha Stosur

Tennis players we're always playing in center courts that feel like arenas. And when we get on the court and the crowd…

— Novak Djokovic

I didn't realize until I was doing commentary what a gladiator-like competition tennis is - other than no one dies. The crowd…

— Martina Navratilova

When you're with another actor and doing something very intense, often you pull them over to your side, or they pull you…

— Giancarlo Esposito

I can see that the tennis for the fans could be a bit boring, and these days you have these new modern…

— Tomas Berdych

The rumor is that when I was younger, I didn't like to sweat and I didn't like to run, and both of…

— Jessica Korda

I can't really remember my life without movies... [Growing up in Hollywood] is no different really. I make movies the same way…

— Elle Fanning

I was worried a bit at the beginning because I didn't know how the situation was. Once the ATP wanted to do…

— Carlos Moya

I once started tennis lessons and turned some poor man grey overnight. Now I feign injuries when I'm asked for a game.

— Alexander Armstrong

Other than football, I think I'd pick tennis and golf as my favourite other sports.

— Marcos Alonso

Tennis is my life, obviously, and it's my career. But it's not the be-all, end-all.

— Jack Sock

I don't go out there to love my enemy. I go out there to squash him.

— Jimmy Connors

There is nothing like Wimbledon. When I think about tennis, I think about this tournament.

— Madison Keys

Tennis has always been at the forefront of equality between men and women's prize money.

— Mats Wilander

I am happy that Chinese tennis has grown so big, but I am just a little mark in there.

— Peng Shuai

There's another 44 weeks of the season out there, and tennis needs to be less reliant on the slams.

— Tim Henman

To stay interested in tennis, I have to mix it up with other things.

— Venus Williams

To me, anyone with an Australian accent wielding a tennis racket is cool.

— Adrian Smith

If you look at the figures, the average age of the tennis fan is 62 years old.

— Patrick Mouratoglou

Serena, for me, is one of the best players in the world. She is a great person and a great champion.

— Angelique Kerber

I look at tennis as a bit of a platform to hopefully touch lives and encourage people.

— Michael Chang

My mom fed us a million balls. Dad took us to tournaments. Couldn't have done it without them. We had a happy…

— Mike Bryan

That's my every day: putting things aside and going out there and have two hours of concentration of tennis.

— Garbine Muguruza

I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy…

— Pete Sampras