Tennis Quotes · Page 55

I can be a tennis player, a golf player, and even a soccer player.

— Deontay Wilder

To those people doubting Serena Williams, writing her off - do not do that to a champion.

— Martina Navratilova

Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was…

— Kristi Yamaguchi

I like things to feel a touch unfinished; sweatpants with heels, or tennis shoes with a trouser. Those things are important.

— Jenna Lyons

Almost every Grand Slam, I'm in second week, which is pretty positive for me.

— Karolina Pliskova

As a kid, I'm going to be honest with you, I didn't even know there was separate rankings for singles and doubles.

— Coco Gauff

A good deal of education consists of unlearning-the breaking of bad habits as with a tennis serve.

— Mary McCarthy

If she gets the jitters now, then she isn't the great champion that she is.

— Max Robertson

All the time that I'm acting with an animated character, I'm looking at a tennis ball or sticky tape or an eyeline…

— Mia Wasikowska

I love London and Wimbledon but the problem is that I'm not very good on grass, that was the hardest in the…

— Gael Monfils

When I discovered European filmmakers, it affected me so deeply. It redefined what cinema could be. I mean, 'Blow-Up' ends with a…

— Paul Haggis

A major final to a tennis player is sacred ground. Short of any type of serious injury - soft-tissue tears, serious orthopedic…

— Pam Shriver

I always had that, even when I was a kid in a go-kart or when I was playing soccer or tennis: that…

— Fernando Alonso

Tennis is a huge part of my life, but I don't base my self-value or my self-worth or the quality of my…

— Venus Williams

Even when I was little, I thought that if I was going to do tennis, I was going to do it all…

— Ajla Tomljanovic

Novak, when he loses, he's never the same after. So he's different. It's just a different mentality. That's why he has 23…

— Daniil Medvedev

I'm also not sure that I look up to others as knowing what the hell is going on, except maybe Andre Agassi,…

— Jonathan Ames

“I've been let in on a dirty little secret: winning changes nothing. Now that I've won a slam, I know something that…

— Andre Agassi

When a child signs up for tennis, he or she is put on a team. I put them in a circle and…

— Billie Jean King

Seeing the intensity and power she brings to the game, it's hard to imagine her being anything but single-minded in pursuing tennis.…

— Don Yaeger

“[In high school] my interests outside my academic work were debating, tennis, and to a lesser extent, acting. I became intensely interested…

— Allan McLeod Cormack

“All his fears—be they of the dark, of thunderstorms, of the sea, or of the disastrous disruption of his family life—obey a…

— Rafael Nadal

If you get operated, something can go wrong and you can just say bye-bye to tennis. That's what happened to a lot…

— Marat Safin

I talked with Tom Hanks. I saw that movie 'Turner and Hooch' at least 50 times. It took all my guts to…

— Serena Williams

I played tennis when I was younger. I don't know if I could have been a professional, but I am still passionate…

— Hugo Lloris

I got to one Grand Slam final, and that's what you shoot for as a player.

— Pam Shriver

This trophy is so special in the world of tennis and it feels great.

— Amelie Mauresmo

Four days a week, I do gymming, four days marital arts. Once a week I normally play lawn tennis, and once a…

— Sushant Singh Rajput

Tennis is an individual sport, and I am quite a self-conscious person.

— Andy Murray

John McEnroe's so good. Against him, all you can do is shake hands and take a shower.

— Tomas Smid

I won a grand slam with an Audemars Piguet on my wrist, so I feel it is a great match.

— Stan Wawrinka

I feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon. But I don't dislike it.

— Roger Federer

I don't know why I always win third set. I think it's more mental.

— Kei Nishikori

There are many moments during a match when you are tense, wrestling with yourself. Tennis is a lesson in self-control.

— Rafael Nadal

Hopefully I can do well and I hope tennis can get bigger in Japan and Asia. That's my goal.

— Kei Nishikori

Whatever I do, I love to win. I don't care if it's tennis or ping pong, I'll kill myself to win it.

— Andy Pettitte

I know China are very good in table tennis. Let me see what happens in tennis. I am pretty happy with the…

— Anastasia Myskina

Tennis is only a sport, and we don't intend to get involved in politics.

— Peng Shuai

When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.

— Roger Federer

There is Peter Graf, Steffi's father, with his head on his chin.

— Dan Maskell