Chef Quote by Ainsley Harriott

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

— Tim Henman

I loved to play, I was competitive, I wanted to win, that was all I knew. In the first few years tennis is a…

— Gabriela Sabatini

If I'd wanted to be an individual, I'd have taken up tennis.

— Ruud Gullit

When I was growing up, I wanted to be a tennis player.

— Diana Silvers

I always wanted to not just be a tennis player.

— Coco Gauff

I actually wanted to be a tennis player.

— Constance Jablonski

Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.

— Arthur Ashe

Tennis was a big part of my life from as far back as I can remember.

— Rod Laver

I certainly had a lot of fun during my career playing tennis, doing the thing I wanted to do and to do it well.

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Tennis was a particularly interesting growing-up experience. It's actually a difficult way of growing up because it's such an individual sport. It taught me…

— Andy Jassy

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

— Hugo Lloris

When I was five, I wanted to be a cleaning lady; when I was nine, I wanted to be the world's number one tennis…

— Johanna Konta