I never start anything 'I want to be No. 1. I want to win Grand Slam.' For me, no. It's always step… — Stan Wawrinka Copy Share Image
Nadal tries his best all the time, every point. But Kyrgios can spend 10 minutes looking like he would rather be walking… — Mats Wilander Copy Share Image
During high school, I would purposely lose tennis and squash matches to escape the agony of anxiety that competitive situations would provoke… — Scott Stossel Copy Share Image
I wouldn't say I'm a spender in the sense that I'm going out on huge spending sprees. However, to be able to… — Andy Murray Copy Share Image
Sometimes I feel like tap-dancing, screeching, unscrewing light bulbs, pulling curtains, combing hair, doing knee bends, handstands and turning somersaults out there. — Ilie Nastase Copy Share Image
My mom told me to cover up my arms ever since I was little because I was muscular. She wanted me to… — Martina Navratilova Copy Share Image
In skiing, if you make a mistake you're out; it's a dangerous sport and you need to get up early in the… — Jannik Sinner Copy Share Image
“I didn’t make a fool out of myself.’ ” By JULIET MACUR A comedy routine broke out Monday during Venus Williams’s first-round match… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It doesnt matter who is playing or how old they are. I just worry about what I can control. It doesnt give… — Monica Seles Copy Share Image
I prefer the Grand Slam than the No. 1, but still, to get No. 1, not many players did that, so it's… — Simona Halep Copy Share Image
When I'm in a tournament, my focus is playing tennis. When I've lost, my focus immediately shifts. I reflect on the match… — Christopher Eubanks Copy Share Image
I play tennis five hours a week, from Monday to Friday, for one hour every day. I like to be fit. If… — Bjorn Borg Copy Share Image
Wimbledon is quite simply the ultimate championship, and I'd be the first to admit it was the one I wanted to win.… — Tim Henman 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
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
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 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'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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
