Tennis Quotes · Page 50

Since I loathe the tedium of gym workouts, I take breaks for tennis with my eclectic group of tennis pals.

— Erik Larson

I don't want people to think I missed the French Open because I didn't want to go because I was just tired.

— Mardy Fish

Good music just makes me happy and keeps me from getting distracted.

— Sloane Stephens

Being a 6-foot-tall tennis player is not great for a girl's social life.

— Pam Shriver

The very first tournament I watched is the U.S. Open when I was 13. And that was the year Juli Inkster won.

— Yani Tseng

I know tennis is just a game, but it's something that it can actually unite us even more.

— Grigor Dimitrov

The second I was on the tennis court, I had the structure I wanted. I was in complete control of what I…

— Madison Keys

I feel the best game on hard courts, even if I know that I can play well enough on grass and clay.

— Daniil Medvedev

I got my first tennis racket on my seventh birthday. And because we had a tennis court in our backyard, I played…

— Tullian Tchividjian

Up a set and 2-0 it's definitely a situation where a little match practice would've helped, so I'm disappointed but think I…

— Mark Philippoussis

I try to find positive things, and the best positive thing about tennis, and this could be very well used in life,…

— Daniil Medvedev

Tennis is always going to be there. The travelling is always going to be there. So why not have a hobby and…

— Stefanos Tsitsipas

I love football and it's the sport I would really like to play. I've said on national television here that I would…

— Novak Djokovic

When I left college, I just thought I could play tennis to delay getting a regular job and go there and try…

— John Isner

I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments. That's no contribution to society. [Tennis] was purely selfish; that was for…

— Arthur Ashe

The tennis ball doesn't know how old I am. The ball doesn't know if I'm a man or a woman or if…

— Martina Navratilova

I've felt it (shoulder soreness) since the first day I came, but more so now. Yesterday in the doubles I felt like…

— Marat Safin

My great grandfather from my father's side, Sir Akbar Hydari, was the prime minister of the Nizam of Hyderabad. He was instrumental…

— Aditi Rao Hydari

Ever since I was little I was really ambitious and driven, and it was my dream to compete with the best girls…

— Ajla Tomljanovic

Naturally I've known girlies form an attachment to the younger male before now, but in the tennis score of the bedroom most…

— Stephen Fry

I had to pay an incredible amount to get insured on it and, after a couple of weeks of driving it around,…

— Andy Murray

John McEnroe...was arguably the best serve-and-volley man of all time, but then McEnroe was an exception to pretty much every predictive norm…

— David Foster Wallace

The answer to this riddle has a hole in the middle, And some have been known to fall in it. In tennis…

— Trenton Lee Stewart

You learn to see by practice. It's Just like playing tennis, you get better the more you play. The more you look…

— Eliot Porter

I always try to have something that keeps my mind relaxed, keeps my mind a little bit off tennis.

— Novak Djokovic

There's a lot of ingredients go into being a good tennis player.

— Rod Laver

I still play a bit of tennis, but only a knockabout to help with my recovery after a game.

— Nikita Parris

Greatest thing in life: Winning a tennis match. Second greatest thing in life: Losing a tennis match

— Jimmy Connors

My personal style is really comfy: flats, tennis shoes, ponytails, no makeup,

— Kristin Bauer van Straten

We must have options to make tennis more attractive emotions-wise.

— Patrick Mouratoglou

I kind of learned that it's never over until it's over in tennis.

— Denis Shapovalov

I really want to win every title that I go for, and I think Wimbledon is even more special.

— Carlos Alcaraz

In 1971, big tournaments were very new to me. I just thought Wimbledon was one of the other tournaments.

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Some of us have the good fortune of some type of natural gift, whether it's playing tennis or painting or writing.

— Roger Housden

Since I was like eight, I always wanted to be playing pro tennis.

— Frances Tiafoe

We all choke. Winners know how to handle choking better than losers.

— John McEnroe

You know, Slams are tough. It's the most physical, in my opinion. You're playing three out of five.

— John Isner

The reason why I chose tennis was, in tennis you can make mistakes. You can lose points but you can still win…

— Jannik Sinner

Winning a doubles title or reaching a doubles final does soften the blow of an early singles exit a little bit.

— Jessica Pegula

I love playing at Roland Garros even though people think that I'm not a clay-court specialist.

— Aryna Sabalenka