Tennis Quotes · Page 52

“Ortho Stice played with a kind of rigid, liquid grace, like a panther in a back-brace.”

— David Foster Wallace

I'm no longer just a tennis player. My role is not as easy as I imagined, dreaming of a career as a…

— Iga Swiatek

It is for sure a big part of the coach's job to make sure the tennis does not get neglected.

— Petra Kvitova

I have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.

— Roger Federer

I definitely want to get out of tennis and try something completely different.

— Marat Safin

I grew up on games like Madden and NBA Jam, then moved on to NFL 2K on Dreamcast. The game I really…

— Chris Paul

Well, obviously it's clay. It's slower. You have to grind more. You move a lot more. You have to slide.

— Sofia Kenin

Hey, motivated, woke up like I'm gonna make it. I had a dream I seen Serena playin' tennis naked.

— 2 Chainz

I think any success you can have on the tennis court, doubles helps. If you're playing on the weekend, you're in the…

— Jack Sock

I like this sport because it reveals characters and personalities, especially when things go wrong. In tennis you can make mistakes but…

— Jannik Sinner

I remember borrowing my mum's Instamatic 110 camera as a kid and doing still lifes of tennis balls and benches and thinking…

— Greig Fraser

“Winning a tennis match is a bit like receiving religious faith. You can't get there by work alone. You need grace, and…

— Maria Sharapova

Playing good tennis, winning grand slams seemed so distant to me, so achieving that is kind of a weird feeling and I…

— Iga Swiatek

It was a tough year for me, '89, losing two Slam finals and losing another five finals. It wasn't until I won…

— Stefan Edberg

The majority of people don't even realise I was a tennis player. The older you get, the less people remember what you…

— Sue Barker

If I have a daughter and she plays tennis, and I have a son who plays tennis, I wouldn't say that my…

— Serena Williams

I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends…

— Roger Federer

“... as he walked up past the red and green tennis courts in east Berkeley and saw the swing of the women's…

— William T. Vollmann

I love the sport of tennis, but I sort of got a little bit away from what I really wanted to do.…

— Ashleigh Barty

Tennis players have won Grand Slams and gold medals in wheelchairs before, but haven't had that cut through. It's got nothing really…

— Dylan Alcott

I get my drive and determination from just winning and playing tennis. I know if I don't work, I won't get rewarded.…

— Samantha Stosur

First of all, in any sport where you can measure distance, height speed and all of that, you see how athletes have…

— Andre Agassi

I'm no shrinking violet. I played hockey until half my teeth were knocked down my throat. And I'm extremely competitive on a…

— Peter Burwash

'Minute to Win It' is a variation on a game show from the 1950s called 'Beat the Clock,' in which contestants won…

— Tom Shales

When you're watching college tennis and you're in that close match, there's nothing better.

— Jack Sock

In the history of women's tennis the great players have come back from long absences with no problems.

— Lindsay Davenport

Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater.

— Bill Tilden

The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself.

— Goran Ivanisevic

Acting is a sport, like a game of tennis, and you and your opponent take turns setting the level of play.

— Shawnee Smith

The days of a tennis champion as a gender rights leader are over.

— Rich Eisen

The roughest thing I ever said to an umpire was, 'Are you sure?'

— Rod Laver

Tennis is one of those sports: whatever you put in, you get out.

— Grigor Dimitrov

The French people have Roland Garros, the Brits have Wimbledon, the Americans have U.S. Open. For me, it's the Australian Open.

— Stefanos Tsitsipas

What distinguishes tennis is respect for one's opponent, one's conduct on the court.

— Rafael Nadal

Tennis was my hobby which became my career but it never felt like a job.

— Tim Henman

Everybody loves sport but we have derelict tennis courts, football pitches are not kept up to standards - it's basic stuff.

— Paul Casey

Tennis is a funny game; unbelievable highs and the lows are just as low.

— John McEnroe

I play tennis for a living even though I hate tennis, hate it with a dark and secret passion and always have.

— Andre Agassi

Whatever I am today is because of my mom and she has taught me everything in tennis and still does.

— Andrey Rublev

I started when I was 4, but I didn't play seriously until I was 8.

— Kathy Rinaldi