Father Quote by Caroline Garcia

Well, my mum's been a tennis coach - she coached me till I was 12.

— Andy Murray

My family are tennis coaches, and they always brought me to the tennis club. I basically had no other option than to start playing…

— Dominic Thiem

Many tennis coaches are enablers. They need the job more than the player needs the coach, and if the coach needs the job more…

— Ivan Lendl

My dad coached 41 years, and I was always around coaches.

— Stan Van Gundy

I've been around a lot of coaches.

— Evan Fournier

I've been following some of the coaches, trying to get a little bit more experience, because coaching is very different from being a player.

— Michael Essien

I've played for so many great coaches.

— Danny Green

I did interviews with tennis greats, like James Blake and John Isner. I also interviewed tennis pros who aren't well - known but who…

— Douglas Brunt

I played a lot of tennis when I was young.

— Roy Hodgson

My parents both played tennis in South Africa. I learned from them.

— Ilana Kloss

It is for sure a big part of the coach's job to make sure the tennis does not get neglected.

— Petra Kvitova

When I look at the role models I've had in my life, they've all been coaches. Of course my dad was my first coach.

— Gardner Minshew