Tennis Quotes · Page 49

Bjorn Borg looks like a hunchbacked, jut-bottomed version of Lizabeth Scott, impersonating a bearded Apache princess.

— Clive James

I think in fifth sets I'm really playing good tennis, more than any other sets.

— Kei Nishikori

For me tennis is a sport, you know? It's not a job, it's a sport.

— Gael Monfils

A golf course is for golf. A tennis court is for tennis. A prison camp is for escaping.

— Pierre Fresnay

If you give me a short shot I will attack you. I'm not a baseliner who rallies. I try to get the…

— Venus Williams

I envy Pete Sampras's dullness. I wish I could emulate his spectacular lack of inspiration.

— Andre Agassi

The first time I heard 'Baby Federer,' I was maybe 16. After that, it sort of took off.

— Grigor Dimitrov

I remember going to The Open in 1998 aged seven and snatching a picture of Tiger walking past.

— Tommy Fleetwood

The most important thing is definitely success on the tennis court. I know that if I win matches, everything else will fall…

— Petra Kvitova

We have a lot of great lesbian role models in tennis. I mean, Martina Navratilova in her heyday was probably the greatest…

— David Furnish

I've tried to learn something from other players and how they are really focused on the Grand Slams. I couldn't do that…

— Simona Halep

I'm a tennis fan, so I like Roger Federer. He's always two or three steps ahead, so he's hitting a shot, but…

— Andre Iguodala

I got picked on a lot. I was a complete geek in school. I had braces. I didn't have the hot girlfriend.…

— Josh Brolin

Most people know me for U.S. Open, right? And during U.S. Open, I didn't show any emotions most of the time. But…

— Naomi Osaka

I asked [my doctors] if I'd be able to play singles tennis and they said I could. That made me very happy…

— Walter Cronkite

No one who has gotten second place at a Grand Slam is ever like, 'Yeah, now I feel fine about it.' Everyone…

— Madison Keys

I wanted to emulate my parents - Mum captained India in basketball, and Dad won a bronze in hockey in 1972 Olympics.…

— Leander Paes

No tennis player is perfect. Even if you're world #1, I don't think, you still have things to improve on, and I'm…

— Sania Mirza

I like the uniqueness and creativity you can have on a basketball court; there's always a different way to score. Obviously, you…

— Nick Kyrgios

When I wrote my first book, 'The Tennis Party', my overriding concern was that I didn't write the autobiographical first novel. I…

— Sophie Kinsella

Some sports give a lot of emotions because you know the people well, not personally but they express their passion and their…

— Patrick Mouratoglou

I'd like to be the commissioner of tennis, but do I want to get into politics? Sometimes I have delusions of grandeur…

— John McEnroe

I'm getting tired of saying hello to Stan Smith and not getting any reply. I'm cocky and confident and maybe I'm too…

— Jimmy Connors

If I were asked to name one aspect of tennis that is the biggest weakness of players of all levels, I would…

— Ken Rosewall

The pace of this match is really accelerating, by which I mean it's getting faster all the time.

— David Coleman

You always want to win. That is why you play tennis, because you love the sport and try to be the best…

— Roger Federer

I'm actually pretty good at tennis. Well, if I'm in the Special Olympics or something.

— Chelsea Handler

There's always been a sense that I need to win the Open to validate what I did as a teenager at Birkdale.

— Justin Rose

Booing - I never like it. We see it in other sports all the time, but in tennis, it's rare.

— Alexander Zverev

I killed a squirrel once with a car. Twice with a tennis racket.

— Anthony Jeselnik

That's how tennis is sometimes: You can have good days, you can have bad days, your opponents can play really well.

— Kiki Bertens

As I played a lot of tennis ball cricket, I used to watch Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis a lot.

— Jasprit Bumrah

Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody.

— Chris Evert

Each point I play is in the now moment. The last point means nothing, the next point means nothing.

— Billie Jean King

My fines? I pay more fines than some guys' career prize money on the tour.

— Goran Ivanisevic

Tennis is my life, obviously; I need to focus, I need to win. But it's not the only thing. I'm not going…

— Novak Djokovic

Being No. 1 is great, but it is even better to win a Grand Slam.

— Simona Halep

I don't think any player will miss a grand slam if they can play.

— Patrick Mouratoglou

Everybody has different strengths. That's the fun thing about tennis.

— Kei Nishikori

I'm really happy to be back on the court to play tennis, to really do what I love.

— Petra Kvitova