Tennis Quotes · Page 56

It's disappointing to have lost - that's the bee's knees of it...

— Tim Henman

I was getting, at like 18, 'Why haven't you won a Grand Slam yet?'

— Madison Keys

I'm 6ft 7in and I was a bit like a giraffe on the tennis court, though I did play at county level.

— Peter Jones

It's sometimes a bit of a lonely existence, being a top tennis player. You have just got to make many sacrifices.

— Jack Draper

I'm the kind of guy that I cannot just lock myself in the room and just think tennis for 24 hours.

— Grigor Dimitrov

I worked hard on my serve and my forehand, but I still have a lot of things to work on.

— Juan Martin del Potro

Yeah, always excited to play Novak, because it's great challenge for me. Always exciting to play him. Good player.

— Kei Nishikori

Tennis is like this - sometimes when you're down, you win, sometimes when you're up, you lose.

— Peng Shuai

The great high of winning Wimbledon lasts for about a week. You go down in the record book, but you don't have…

— Chris Evert

There's still room for flair and artistry and playing a game that's going to confuse people. Federer has proven that, time and…

— Darren Cahill

I like playing tennis. I've always enjoyed the process of being a tennis player; I'm just not sure that I enjoyed the…

— Andy Roddick

I'm a big proponent of playing all sports when you're growing up. I think they all help you from a competitiveness standpoint…

— Gordon Hayward

Starting a business is similar to an athletic endeavor, like serving a tennis ball. Telling you how to do it is useless.…

— Andrew Yang

The pressure began to mount as I kept winning every time and people were anxious to see if I could be beaten.…

— Jahangir Khan

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully…

— Hugo Black

After being on the court for six hours, being on TV is very glamorous and fun for me. But tennis is always…

— Maria Sharapova

Slalom skiers train their whole lives for like a minute and a half. We're not soccer or tennis players that can play…

— Resi Stiegler

I don't want to just mess with your head. I want to mess with your life… I want you to miss appointments,…

— Stephen King

The point about football in Britain is that it is not just a sport people take to, like cricket or tennis. It…

— Arthur Hopcraft

I have never been a fan of science fiction. For me, fiction has to explore the combinatorial possibilities of people interacting under…

— Steven Pinker

No matter where my travels take me, my day starts with a good work out, preferably kitesurfing or tennis. Exercise puts me…

— Richard Branson

Science fiction is a dialogue, a tennis match, in which the Idea is volleyed from one side of the net to the…

— Anonymous

We Die Young is about gang violence. That was something that was happening in Seattle, something that kinda opened our eyes. It…

— Layne Staley

Kitesurfing is one of the greatest sports in the world. I highly recommend this to anyone who has access to the ocean.…

— Richard Branson

For me personally, I love the environment of the Australian Open and the vibe that comes with it.

— Ajla Tomljanovic

But I still have to practice hard if I'm going to play my best tennis.

— Anastasia Myskina

I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.

— Tracy Austin

Everybody loves tennis or soccer there. That's another reason for these unbelievable tennis players from Tandil.

— Juan Martin del Potro

All my life I'd woken up to tennis, tennis, tennis. Even if I don't go to practise, I'm thinking about it all…

— Serena Williams

Listening to Britons dining out is like watching people play first-class tennis with imaginary balls.

— Margaret Halsey

My mother wanted very much to play tennis; she wanted, most of all, to be a singer and play the piano.

— Anonymous

I always find the time to exercise - kitesurfing, tennis or cycling - and to spend time with my loved ones.

— Richard Branson

Growing up not being the biggest guy around, you learn different ways of playing tennis. I've learned to adapt.

— Alex de Minaur

This woman was so cross-eyed. She can go to a tennis match and never move her head.

— Phyllis Diller

Obviously, like Wembley is synonymous with tennis, snooker is synonymous with Sheffield.

— Richard Caborn

When you play Novak, you have to play your best. Kind of hope he doesn't play his best.

— Daniil Medvedev

I do play tennis, but I don't really like competition. I'm supposed to be so intense, but I hate competition.

— Amy Chua

At the end of the day, it is a very long year. The tennis season is pretty much ten months of the…

— Alex de Minaur

I think people have this love-hate relationship with tennis. I also feel like that.

— Garbine Muguruza

It's easy for tennis players to get self-centered because everything out here on tour is catered around us.

— Ben Shelton