I'd also made the first tennis team. I was number two player in the school at 11 years of age and that… — John Newcombe Copy Share Image
There are people who love you and people who hate you, but for me, more so, people only think they know me… — Lleyton Hewitt Copy Share Image
Changing public perceptions is important. Nobody bats an eyelid in a team sport when a player gets injured and is still getting… — Kevin Anderson Copy Share Image
Ronnie O'Sullivan, the greatest snooker player ever, will tell you that he doesn't practise. I'm not having that. I call him Roger,… — Jimmy White Copy Share Image
That's what I would like to do until the end of time, to go on scribbling my articles on the third floor… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
I play enough tennis during the year; I'm sick of it by the time I get home. So the last thing I… — Nick Kyrgios Copy Share Image
My parents did everything possible. My dad has worked from eight in the morning until nine in the evening to make it… — Sabine Lisicki Copy Share Image
Tennis players, we're travelling all year long, away from our home, and it's not easy. So we carry certain things with us… — Stefanos Tsitsipas Copy Share Image
The fact that Slammin' Sammy couldn't win the Open made it all the more valuable for the players that did win. Gave… — Sam Snead Copy Share Image
Sometimes you have a bad day, and you're like, 'I'm over this, and I just want to play tennis,' or do another… — Daniel Ricciardo Copy Share Image
I go from being not known to being so known in the tennis world, in Canada in general. It's going to be… — Denis Shapovalov Copy Share Image
No one cares about the Davis Cup. How many people know I won five Davis Cups and seven majors, but that I… — John McEnroe Copy Share Image
I am always working out, whether I am on vacation or at home. When in La Jolla, I like to surf, play… — Alexander Ludwig Copy Share Image
I feel lucky to keep playing tennis, being healthy all those years, to compete in one of the most beautiful events of… — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
In golf, you definitely have your ranking. But it's a bit different than tennis. Whenever there's a golf tournament, you feel like… — Casper Ruud Copy Share Image
When I was growing up, I played a lot of different sports. There was a time when I was playing field hockey,… — Alexander Zverev Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's harder to play good tennis with a bad tennis player - the same way it's hard to be a good… — Josh Lucas Copy Share Image
I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability… — Dakota Fanning Copy Share Image
I am very obsessed with ballet now because it is a very difficult sport and a beautiful one because it is not… — Carine Roitfeld Copy Share Image
To win my first Roland Garros title, break the all-time Grand Slam record and regain the number one ranking is amazing. It… — Roger Federer Copy Share Image
I couldn't be accepted into tennis school because I was too young. I had to wait a year until I was four… — Garbine Muguruza Copy Share Image
There are a lot of good racquetball players out there, but playing the game and knowing the game are two different things.… — Kane Waselenchuk Copy Share Image
I think there's no reason the Davis Cup couldn't be as powerful and popular and profitable as any of the four majors… — Jim Courier Copy Share Image
while it's true in tennis, love is zero. but zero is also where everything starts. nothing would ever be born if we… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
In tennis ball cricket, even it's hit from the toe of the bat, the ball still travels a lot, but in normal… — MS Dhoni Copy Share Image
I have to use other things to help my tennis, like my brain. But I believe that, even when your muscles are… — Marion Bartoli Copy Share Image
No. 1 is definitely staying healthy. That is always going to be the biggest priority. I think when I am healthy, it… — Kevin Anderson Copy Share Image
What we know is that probably the face of tennis post Covid-19 will not be the same anymore. The economic crisis probably… — Patrick Mouratoglou Copy Share Image
It was reported that Anna Kournikova is coming out with her own brand of deodorant. Apparently, the ads show Kournikova holding up… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
My family belongs to a tennis club in Valencia, California, so I always go there. I play a lot of tennis with… — Ashley Tisdale Copy Share Image
I would say to win a slam, especially against somebody as Novak, is already a big motivation, and I don't think there… — Daniil Medvedev Copy Share Image
I don't care now if I ever win a match in my life again. Whatever I do in my life, wherever I… — Goran Ivanisevic Copy Share Image
When we introduced 10-and-under tennis - when we shortened the courts and had smaller rackets and low-compression balls for trying to introduce… — Katrina Adams Copy Share Image
I think it was the right time for me to retire because nowadays tennis is too incredibly fast and you can say… — Jana Novotna Copy Share Image
In the 1980s when I was growing up in the Berkshire town of Maidenhead I was heavily into tennis. It was the… — Peter Jones Copy Share Image
I beat my sons in real-life table tennis, but virtually, I get murdered. I download games on the iPhone that I'm addicted… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I've been asked a lot lately if tennis is clean or not. I don't know any more how you judge whether a… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
For me, it has an extra value to be able to beat the Williams sisters in the finals, because they are just… — Garbine Muguruza Copy Share Image
Tennis is not a contract sport and we really rely on the WTA and ATP tours to be up and running so… — Bethanie Mattek-Sands Copy Share Image
I love tennis. But even if I become the greatest of all time, I still don't only want to be defined by… — Grigor Dimitrov Copy Share Image
