Tennis Quotes · Page 46

When I was 12, every little girl in Russia was trying to wear her hair like mine and playing tennis.

— Anna Kournikova

When playing tennis you are alone, you have to try to find a solution by yourself.

— Jannik Sinner

There is no shortcuts. Play your best tennis, give your heart out, and anything can happen.

— Grigor Dimitrov

Once the US Open is over in the States, mainstream America doesn't really follow tennis, unless you are a true tennis fan.

— Pete Sampras

I was always rather nasty. I was willing to be friends with the Devil, just to cross the bridge.

— Ilie Nastase

Obviously, I have confidence in my tennis and confidence in myself.

— Jack Draper

Well I'm a huge fan of tennis. I like to watch every match if I can.

— Carlos Alcaraz

Grand Slams are different. There is different pressure on the court and off the court.

— Iga Swiatek

Fitness has been a part of all my life since I was a young child. I started dancing ballet and doing yoga…

— Kelly Gale

On the page, 'Gone Girl' was a literary game: a tennis match of alternating chapters from Nick and Amy, with the reader…

— Richard Corliss

I've been spoiled being in the fashion business. My son will be like, 'Mommy, 20 new pairs of shoes came today. How…

— Gwen Stefani

And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and…

— Sanford I. Weill

A lot of the things that were most important to my development in tennis, I was able to key in on because…

— Ben Shelton

One day when a linesman starts to laugh I swear I will hit the guy over the head with my racket. I…

— Ilie Nastase

Maybe I have to work a bit harder on clay. It's a challenge and I've always liked challenges. Whether I will ever…

— Lleyton Hewitt

Try throwing a ball just once for a dog. It would be like eating only one peanut or potato chip. Try to…

— Roger Caras

“Serena's not worried her friend is gonna feel bad she's not as good at tennis as Serena is. You know why? Because…

— Shonda Rhimes

No one I don't think has any experience with the type of body surgery that 'Botched' has given me. The level of…

— Terry Dubrow

There is a lot of pressure on tennis players like other sports that are singular like you're not on a team. When…

— Jim Courier

I love soccer, love tennis... Roger Federer has been a favourite for a long, long time. The kind of consistency he has…

— Virat Kohli

If you lose three or four in a row, people start talking about retirement. They are not used to this sport like…

— Lyoto Machida

Strangely, although they may seem worlds apart, boxing and tennis have a certain kinship. Two individuals head-to-head, probing for weakness and attacking…

— Bud Collins

In tennis, a lot of parents are accused of driving their kids into tennis. I would say I'm the opposite: I drove…

— Ana Ivanovic

The first action to be taken is to pull ourselves together. If we are going to be destroyed by an atomic bomb,…

— Anonymous

Just like any tennis player, I expect comfort as well as performance from my footwear.

— Daniil Medvedev

At Wimbledon there is a golf putting machine to play on in the locker room.

— Tim Henman

In Grand Slam, you play every two days, five-set match. You have a little bit more time to make mistake.

— Stan Wawrinka

Unlike in my young days I'm not able to eat, drink and sleep tennis.

— Amelie Mauresmo

Hewitt is such a fighter on the court; he never gives up. They all have qualities to beat him.

— Richard Krajicek

Tennis is probably one of the most individual sports we have in the world.

— Daniil Medvedev

Playing in the U.S. Open is the biggest and most important moment of the season for me.

— Jack Sock

Playing tennis, I didn't tie in my self-worth into winning or losing matches.

— Martina Navratilova

My mom, she's from Ireland, coached tennis in Nigeria when she was a missionary and turned me on to it when I…

— Donal Logue

Forget about tennis, I was scared to open my mouth. I didnt even feel worthy of saying something and not sounding stupid.

— Jennifer Capriati

I still rate my first victory in the French Open at Roland Garros as my best win ever.

— Mats Wilander

We want to make tennis look like America when it comes to cultural backgrounds.

— Katrina Adams

You always need to try hard to find solutions. It's the same in life or tennis.

— Stan Wawrinka

The Czech tennis federation wasn't holding me back, but they could still pull the plug anytime they wanted.

— Martina Navratilova

Safin, in his way, is very talented. It is a joy to watch them play; it is tennis of a very high…

— Richard Krajicek

I haven't played tennis since 2006, and tennis is one of those sports where if you don't play, you don't get paid.

— Mark Philippoussis