Tennis Quotes · Page 38

The mental part of the game, being able to free up on the tennis court, is much easier said than done.

— John Isner

I haven't lost a war. No one got killed. I just lost a tennis match.

— Boris Becker

Where is women's sports prominently displayed with the men? Tennis is the only thing I can think of.

— Ronda Rousey

I would like to see it go back to the wood racquets. To see the touch put back in tennis.

— Jana Novotna

I grew up a little girl in the Soviet Union playing at a small sports club. Tennis gave me my life.

— Anna Kournikova

I've had some decent wins this year against higher ranked players but what I've failed to do is to build on those.

— Tim Henman

There is no cheap way to achieve the ability to turn pro in tennis; it unfortunately is more expensive than team sports.

— Martina Navratilova

I like shoes that, no matter where I am, if I see a basketball or tennis court, I can tie them up…

— Nick Kyrgios

I used to cut guitars out of a piece of cardboard to copy the Strat look. I used a backwards tennis racket…

— Rick Springfield

Technically he is perfect and he plays so naturally, almost without effort. It's like when Roger Federer plays tennis, he barely sweats.

— Vicente del Bosque

I have tennis shoes with little rhinestones that I slip on if I exercise. But I always wear heels, even around the…

— Dolly Parton

Generally, what I miss about tennis now is playing against the guys on the big stadium courts where the crowd are going…

— Mark Philippoussis

I've always been a little different in the way I've done things, going to high school instead of a tennis academy when…

— Jack Sock

I was in the spot where you work your butt off to get to: the fourth round of the U.S. Open against…

— Mardy Fish

Some stuff happened outside of tennis, and it made me realize that you just have to think about yourself, just focus on…

— Caroline Garcia

There was something so cool about being able to carry this film [Into the Forest] together [with Ellen Page] and to play…

— Evan Rachel Wood

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

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 work out a lot, but it changes day to day. I always start out with some cardio - either a jog,…

— Ana Ivanovic

I really thought to myself, 'If I'm going to do anything in this world, I am going to be the best I…

— Mark Pincus

Somewhere out there are a few men with more innate talent at golf than Jack Nicklaus, or women with greater ability at…

— Donald Trump

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

My goal one day is to be in the same sentence as Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall.

— Pete Sampras

The Human Species could have been great but instead we became satisfied with lights on our tennis shoes.

— George Carlin

But why should I read what somebody else thinks of my life when I know the real story?

— Jimmy Connors

I've tried to dial my emotions down: not get too high, not get too low, try to find that even-keel tennis.

— Tennys Sandgren

I think I have definitely earned my stripes in the tennis world.

— Jessica Pegula

I was at an academy for basically my whole life when I played tennis, so I had the same schedule every single…

— Jennifer Brady

I enjoyed seven years at Wimbledon and there were high and low points.

— Kenny Cunningham

Is that the longest fifth set ever? It was? So, no, I've never played one longer than that!

— Andy Roddick

I felt tight from the beginning of the match to the end. I couldn't relax.

— Elena Vesnina

After Wimbledon is one of the only times you can take time for yourself.

— Grigor Dimitrov

I'm very interested in tennis, but when I try to tell younger players about [Bill] Tilden, they're not interested.

— Jean-Luc Godard

But, then, Sampras won Wimbledon six times and that automatically puts him among the greatest

— Richard Krajicek

I grew up in the 1950s at the beginning of rock n' roll, and would strum a tennis racket in front of…

— Jonathan Pryce

I started in a very small tennis club in a South American country where I never thought about becoming the best tennis…

— Garbine Muguruza

When you play the same tournament as Federer, Murray, Djokovic and Rafa, they have more media than me, for sure.

— Juan Martin del Potro

In tennis it's easy to get greedy - and one Grand Slam doesn't feel enough any more.

— Samantha Stosur