Tennis Quotes · Page 42

I have this terrible dark side to my personality, which playing tennis keeps at bay

— Monica Seles

The problem at Wimbledon seems to be that the club has suffered a loss of complacency.

— Joe Kinnear

He's now letting Chang play his own game - and he does that better than anyone.

— Christine Truman

All teenage girls like to look good and tennis players are no different.

— Maria Kirilenko

The old boys' club of closed tennis court relationships is on the way out.

— Azim Premji

I think the reason my relationship works so well with my dad is that we can separate our tennis lives from our…

— Alexander Zverev

One of the biggest things I've worked on is how to play my best tennis every single time I walk on to…

— Kevin Anderson

Where there is so much racket, there must be something out of kilter

— Sojourner Truth

If I just track Shang-Chi's journey in the context of table tennis in my life, it actually fits perfectly, and that's why…

— Simu Liu

I have six racquets and usually two pairs of tennis shoes with me. Most of the time, the shoes can last two…

— Petra Kvitova

You don't have to be pretty for people to come and see you play. At the same time, if you're a good…

— Martina Navratilova

I love Agassi - I really followed him a lot when I was a teenager and remember when guys like him and…

— Andy Samberg

Grand Slams are funny things. You have to try to find a way to get through the first week and put yourself…

— Lleyton Hewitt

Choking is being in a position to win, and then experiencing some critical failure of nerve or spirit. That never happened to…

— Pete Sampras

I'm always an entrepreneur, but I'd probably be a teacher. I like teaching kids, whether that's tennis on the courts or history…

— Boris Kodjoe

I used to play tennis ball cricket quite a lot before playing serious cricket. Over there, you bowl yorkers. That could be…

— Jasprit Bumrah

I know some of my self-worth comes from tennis, and it's hard to think of doing something else where you know you'll…

— Martina Navratilova

The fact that nobody played tennis in my family and you'd say by chance they make three tennis courts in front of…

— Novak Djokovic

To hear that you're doing something that other people are enjoying, it's a fun game. It's like hitting a tennis ball over…

— Kristin Bauer van Straten

Technically, the green screen acting can be difficult because there's something worse than a tennis ball on the end of a stick;…

— Jason O'Mara

On how he met Wayne Gretzky: I was in L.A. preparing for Indian Wells, and a mutual friend asked if I'd like…

— Milos Raonic

I actually enjoy working with green screen, because I can imagine all that stuff happening, and I really cut my teeth on…

— Nicolas Cage

Speech, tennis, music, skiing, manners, love- you try them waking and perhaps balk at the jump, and then you're over. You've caught…

— Renata Adler

“It was not Gilda and a racquet being used reflexively to some purpose. It was not Gilda using a racquet. It was…

— Steven L. Peck

Once you step on the court, you see the crowd, you see the final, you see I'm here playing another Wimbledon final.

— Garbine Muguruza

We've never had a hungrier player than Federer and Nadal and I would say that Nadal is probably much hungrier than Federer.

— Mats Wilander

Oh! full Surrey twilight! importunate band! Oh! strongly adorable tennis-girl's hand!

— John Betjeman

I am there to play tennis and represent the U.S., but I'm also aware that not everyone's going to be able to…

— Jim Courier

I used to go to the U.S. Open on my birthdays and sit in the nosebleeds.

— Andy Roddick

You'd have to think that if he'd been around today, Rod Laver would have been Rod Laver.

— Jim Courier

I am a big fan of players like Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic and Leander Paes. I would love to see…

— Masaba Gupta

I actually like to spend time in the gym. I'm really enjoying it. I guess it's good for my tennis, as well.

— Maria Sakkari

Whether I'd stopped playing professionally at 17 - or if I stop at 35 - tennis will always be a part of my life.

— Ashleigh Barty

I'm not afraid of anyone, but sometimes I'm afraid of myself. The mental part is very important.

— Justine Henin

Roger Ballen is pretty much a member of Die Antwoord, it would be safe to say.

— Watkin Tudor Jones

I thought I was decent at table tennis, but when I saw Ross Barkley and Raheem Sterling, I thought, 'maybe not'.

— Rickie Lambert

Being close to Serena and close to Roger is really a plus for me and an advantage I have to take care…

— Coco Gauff

I've always felt like I was going to win a British Open at St. Andrews. That place is suited for me.

— Brooks Koepka

My reality was that I would become a tennis player. I never had any doubt about it. It was my life.

— Patrick Mouratoglou

Facing Novak in the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam is the worst thing.

— Carlos Alcaraz