When I told people that I wanted to grow up to be a tennis player, they laughed at me. My dad has… — Frances Tiafoe Copy Share Image
I've made two finals, and I'm up against guys who have won over 30 grand slams between them. But it's been great… — Kevin Anderson Copy Share Image
Fitness is defined differently by everyone, but for me, the most important thing is being healthy. As tennis players, what we do… — Sania Mirza Copy Share Image
I'm really lucky to have Lindsay Davenport as my coach. She was number one in the world, and she's won Grand Slams,… — Madison Keys Copy Share Image
I am happy with being a tennis player and the choice I took when I was 12. But clearly, if I wouldn't… — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
Training the body to obey the mind as I have done differs from the more conventional method of getting the mind to… — Chris Evert Copy Share Image
My first U.S. Open I think was just very special for me because that was sort of the beginning of what was… — Chris Evert Copy Share Image
I never expected i, in the first place, when I started playing tennis, that I would ever carry the flag into the… — Roger Federer Copy Share Image
Well, now I am retired I am doing a variety of different sports such as cycling and tennis, and I have pulled… — Denise Lewis Copy Share Image
Tennis was a particularly interesting growing-up experience. It's actually a difficult way of growing up because it's such an individual sport. It… — Andy Jassy Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think the easiest way to introduce what goes into managing the expenses of a tennis career is to take a… — John Isner Copy Share Image
In an interview when I was 11 or 12 years old, I said that it was a dream of mine to win… — Carlos Alcaraz Copy Share Image
If I make a change to a young kid to play any sport, not only tennis, instead of spending time in front… — Ana Ivanovic Copy Share Image
If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making… — Candice Swanepoel Copy Share Image
I used to play tennis growing up and then didn't play for a good 10 years. I've picked up the sport again… — Andi Dorfman Copy Share Image
The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said, 'A civilization is judged only in its decline.' That made sense to me. I would… — Nikki Giovanni Copy Share Image
Track and road cycling are very different things. It is easy to look at them both as cycling but going from the… — Mark Cavendish Copy Share Image
I never knew anyone yet who got up at six who did anything more useful between that time and breakfast than banging… — Robert Benchley Copy Share Image
Everyone dreams of playing Wimbledon and winning it. I am glad this dream came true for me so fast in my career.… — Sania Mirza Copy Share Image
Malea Manuel is amazing, the girl surfer. She won the U.S. Open in Huntington, but before that, no one had ever heard… — Andy Irons Copy Share Image
“I’m only 16, but I’m like 35 in tennis years,” Tiafoe explains afterward between bites of a grilled chicken-and-cheese sandwich. “I’ve been… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We didn't have football boots, and we used a broken tennis ball instead of a football. I didn't use a proper ball… — Carlos Tevez Copy Share Image
The first time at age 5 and a half, when I took a racket in my hands and my father fed me… — Marion Bartoli Copy Share Image
I actually have no idea why all the demons go out when I play tennis, and especially when I was a junior.… — Daniil Medvedev Copy Share Image
In tennis that's the beauty. You can always suit up the next week and play another tournament and always have the chance… — Jack Sock Copy Share Image
To win a Grand Slam, you have to win seven matches in a row, and it's very different physically and mentally from… — Petra Kvitova Copy Share Image
You never know how long Federer is going to play, but in my opinion he has at least one or two more… — Bjorn Borg Copy Share Image
I had eight consecutive years in the top 20 and five of those were in the top 10. That's something I'm very… — Tim Henman Copy Share Image
I always get super stoked to go to the Open, because it's in my home state. I get to stay in my… — Hannah Teter Copy Share Image
My uncle developed the training philosophy. His idea of good tennis training is basically quite simple: you must try to gain time. — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn't have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can… — Maria Sharapova Copy Share Image
“If someone where playing tennis you wouldn't walk onto the court and begin to have a conversion with them, likewise I think… — Ian McEwan Copy Share Image
I had this awesome tennis teacher when I was 12 who was Icelandic. He looked like a Viking: long hair, and he… — Eline Powell Copy Share Image
That's what you do all the hard work for, to play in situations that put your body through gruelling times. If you're… — Lleyton Hewitt Copy Share Image
How fitting [it would be if Roger Federer played the first match under the roof] ... he has become known in recent… — Sue Barker Copy Share Image
Tennis was more than a passing interest, but I found my ability didn't measure up to these West Coast kids who had… — Kevin Warsh Copy Share Image
Anything over-handed, I do left-handed. Like throwing a ball or serving in tennis. Otherwise, right-handed, like writing and shaving. — Mike Weir Copy Share Image
Few would deny that blacks have become very dominant in athletics: football, basketball, track, now dominant in tennis and dominant in golf. — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
I don't want to talk about apartheid... I'm going to South Africa to play tennis and to see the country. That's as… — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share Image
I like playing at the U.S. Open because I like New York. It's a nice city. You can do anything there. It's… — Caroline Wozniacki Copy Share Image
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