Tennis Quotes · Page 41

If you're at the top of the game, you're earning money. But compared to other sports, like tennis, you're earning peanuts.

— Judd Trump

I was thinking that if I hit his nuts, maybe he would serve like a woman.

— Thomas Muster

I would love to have been a tennis player simply because of Serena Williams.

— Nikita Parris

To me, the U.S. Open was always the Grand Slam I wanted to win most.

— Juan Martin del Potro

Equality? They ought to play the women's final on opening day. Everybody knows who's going to be in it.

— Jimmy Connors

I've been talking to Martina [Hingis] about playing for a couple of years. Maybe I can convince her to play some doubles.

— Martina Navratilova

I'll prove that I'm going to be the best tennis player, one day, to play this game.

— Bernard Tomic

Tim Henman has the all-time Betty Crocker draw. We're talking Easy Bake Oven.

— Brad Gilbert

Grand Slams are such tough tournaments because they go on for two weeks, you need to be consistent and strong physically, it's…

— Daniil Medvedev

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far. I won't even call a friend…

— Chris Evert

I've always controlled my emotions. I think that probably came from playing a lot of tennis, keeping it inside and not letting…

— Gordon Hayward

I feel like the NBA, WNBA, tennis and basketball have really been at the forefront of social justice and pushing for change…

— Pam Shriver

I had an American boyfriend, went to football games, tennis tournaments, and to my prom. I was so serious about my American…

— Franka Potente

I went from not being known anywhere in the world to winning junior Wimbledon and six months later playing the Australian Open.…

— Ashleigh Barty

I was in a movie for five minutes where I play tennis and I was given five tennis lessons for free. I…

— Margot Robbie

Comedy prepared me for drama. There are a couple techniques you can think of. One of my acting teachers said that comedy…

— Craig Robinson

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

Jim Courier did a great job of showing the rest what is possible. He could only hit forehands, but almost every one…

— Todd Martin

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

— Amos Oz

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

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

— James Roday

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

It's like getting the Williams sisters to play (tennis) against a man, and they're far better athletes than she (Sorenstam) is.

— Vijay Singh

Nadal's the best player in history on [clay], and he is one of the best-ever players that played this game.

— Novak Djokovic

Once it's over and you understand what's going on, it's a shame. You want to win three sets.

— Denis Shapovalov

Federer can be the best ever; he has the potential. The only question is whether he has the desire

— Richard Krajicek

I didn't play juniors, really. I only played Roland Garros juniors and maybe some European tournaments.

— Garbine Muguruza

I heckled somebody at the U.S. Open once. And you know, tennis, it's not a good place for that.

— Holly Hunter

If you want to win a Grand Slam, when you dream, you say, 'I want Serena in the final.'

— Garbine Muguruza

I can remember watching Federer win Grand Slams on TV when I was a kid trying to put myself in his shoes.

— Denis Shapovalov

You can be pretty selfish as tennis players, being an individual sport.

— Mardy Fish

I spend too much time sitting in an office. So I need to play sports on a regular basis, that's why I…

— Philipp Lahm

In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf.

— Pete Sampras

At the end I couldn't hear what the Queen was saying to me. But it was just great to see her lips…

— Virginia Wade

If Serena Williams played the men's circuit she'd be like 700 in the world.

— John McEnroe

It's true I always try to be as seductive as possible but I wouldn't be here if I couldn't play tennis.

— Anna Kournikova

To me, the [British] Open is the tournament I would come to if I had to leave a month before and swim…

— Lee Trevino

I like the racket to be not very stiff, but not quite flexible - somewhere in between.

— Maria Sakkari