Action Quote by Billie Jean King

“Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquility.”

— Billie Jean King

Tennis: the most perfect combination of athleticism, artistry, power, style, and wit. A beautiful game, but one so remorselessly travestied by the passage of…

— Martin Amis

I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as their weapons.

— Yannick Noah

Tennis is more than just shots. It's about being clutch and beating the people on the other side of the net.

— Jim Courier

What I love about tennis is the gracefulness. It's an aggressive and powerful game, but it takes touch and finesse.

— Virgil Abloh

Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater.

— Bill Tilden

Tennis is beautiful when you can see tactics, when players don't just react but are able to act and think.

— Rafael Nadal

There are a lot of things that go on between the lines of a tennis court, mentally, physically and whatnot.

— John Isner

If you play tennis it is to have these moments, moments of adrenaline, where it gets dangerous. It is a bit masochistic.

— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Tennis is physical chess.

— Rita Mae Brown

There is a fear of emotion in tennis.

— Andy Murray

Tennis is one of those sports: whatever you put in, you get out.

— Grigor Dimitrov