Tennis Quotes · Page 36

Guys like Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal know how to win matches, they don't need to have as much confidence as other…

— Mats Wilander

Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.

— Arthur Ashe

We are not only tennis players. We need to take care of our sport, because it has given us so much.

— Carlos Alcaraz

Of course I don't have a big serve. I have other weapons. That's why tennis is a nice sport.

— David Goffin

My priority is always playing tennis and practising and doing my schedule with my tennis.

— Angelique Kerber

Women's tennis is two sets of rubbish that lasts only half an hour.

— Pat Cash

It's just that in everything, not only tennis, things are changing, things are evolving, like technology.

— Maria Sakkari

When you play the Grand Slam, you have just to give everything you have.

— Simona Halep

Being as close to Coco as I am... being good friends with Naomi, I'm around enough tennis players to be able to…

— Christopher Eubanks

I do doubles on Monday and Thursday, take Wednesday off or do easy cardio, do doubles on Thursday and Friday, and the…

— Mikaela Shiffrin

From now until the end of the year I would like to eke out one victory, that's my short term aim. I…

— Marat Safin

I'm agnostic because I went through the usual process of parents insisting you go to church, and yet they didn't. So there's…

— Ridley Scott

I love going to Australia. That's also the first Grand Slam where I had a good amount of success. I've played some…

— Christopher Eubanks

For me, tennis became something much bigger when I lost my father. Now I just want to see how far I can…

— Aryna Sabalenka

To me, mixed doubles is an undervalued tennis product. You have guys and girls playing on the same level, no handicaps. The…

— Bethanie Mattek-Sands

I just could never have imagined that I would be mentioned with Chris Evert or with Martina Navratilova, because I was just…

— Serena Williams

I took more anti-inflammatories probably than anybody in my 20 years of playing and I know what that terrible stomach pain can…

— Pam Shriver

There haven't been that many players, both men and women, from South Africa breaking through on the pro level. It's not easy…

— Kevin Anderson

If you get to No 1, people say, 'But you didn't win a Grand Slam.' You cannot win, because you can say…

— Simona Halep

Every time the ATP or WTA speak about changing something, you see the reaction. So I think they're doing a good job…

— Patrick Mouratoglou

I do a lot of biking. I need that mileage and the long-distance stuff because tennis demands it. My fitness trainer is…

— Tomas Berdych

I was a decent 800 m. runner, not 400 - and I'm actually really proud of this: I beat the girls and…

— Johanna Konta

Possessing an array of athletic gifts is something most tennis players can only dream about. Most players, if they're lucky, have one…

— Dave McPherson

I think coming from a family that has played sports throughout their entire life, it just comes with it. You look at…

— Nelly Korda

I don't remember too much about Britain's Davis Cup win in 2015 but I remember thinking what an unbelievable run.

— Cameron Norrie

You can almost get overwhelmed if you start focusing on Serena being on the other side of the court.

— Madison Keys

Everyone knows how to play tennis, but it's the mind that really controls everything.

— Bianca Andreescu

It would have been better if I had won, but reaching the final was perfect.

— Andy Murray

I train Monday through Saturday. I usually have fitness training for 90 minutes, then I'm on the tennis court for 3 to 4 hours.

— Sloane Stephens

People probably growing up said U.S. Open wouldn't suit me, because I'm a long hitter, I'm a bomber.

— Gary Woodland

The side of me you see when I'm having a laugh is not the one most conducive to playing my best tennis.

— Tim Henman

They call him the Streak, he likes to turn the other cheek. He's always making the news, wearing just his tennis shoes.

— Ray Stevens

There's definitely a lack of self-belief in many players, which is the only complaint I have about men's tennis.

— Mats Wilander

With Djokovic, I will say the physical part. I think we are elastic guys, both of us.

— Carlos Alcaraz

I've been kicked in the teeth more times in tennis than the law ought to allow.

— Jimmy Connors

I still don't believe I won the U.S. Open. It's so far-fetched for me.

— Andy Roddick

I appreciate what I've been given, and the chance to play tennis for a living is definitely a blessing.

— Jack Sock

I always preferred working with somebody so I could look into their eyeballs and play tennis.

— Carol Burnett

I'll come in from playing tennis in the morning and eat leftover grilled chicken.

— Sara Evans

When you have to react to a lizard that's a tennis ball, it's a really, really difficult, tricky piece of craft.

— Marc Webb