Control Quote by Ashleigh Barty

There's always one shot that I can rely on when I'm not hitting the ball that well, is my serve.

— Pete Sampras

When you control the ball you control the score

— Pele

When I get the ball, I have to be ready to be in scoring mode.

— Paul George

When I'm playing my best, like I was at the U.S. Open, I feel on top of the match and able to do exactly…

— Samantha Stosur

When you get into competition and get under pressure, and get over that ball and are looking at it, and know you have to…

— Arnold Palmer

Anytime you can feel the ball a bit more and you feel like you're a little bit more involved, it's all about confidence.

— George Hill

Sometimes in a match, when things get tight, you want to feel like you can swing out on the ball and still have control.

— Kevin Anderson

When I don't have control of the ball, what do I do? I press to get it back. It's a way of defending. But…

— Johan Cruyff

Before every game I used to go out and shot the same shots over and over and over. In the summer time I spent…

— Larry Bird

I feel like I'm strong enough that I don't have to do anything to turn on the ball. When I do that-when I'm ready…

— Justin Morneau

Even if I'm moving well, hitting my forehand well, hitting my backhand well, none of that really matters much if I'm not serving well.

— Christopher Eubanks

My teammates tell me to shoot the ball when I'm open. I feel like I'm open most of the time, so I shoot it.

— J. R. Smith