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Tennis was always sort of a - a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself. — Andre Agassi
Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had. — Jimmy Connors
The serve was invented so that the net could play. — Bill Cosby
What a polite game tennis is. The chief word in it seems to be "sorry" and admiration of each other's play crosses the net as… — James M. Barrie
What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you… — John McEnroe
Tennis would be much more exciting if they had pitching machines firing Tennis was given to me to keep me off the street corners of… — Jimmy Connors
I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies. — Anna Kournikova
Definition of Love: A score of zero in tennis. I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears of all my life. — Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be… — Virginia Graham
I love the feel of hitting the ball hard, the pleasure of a rally. It is these things that make tennis the delightful game that… — Helen Wills
In tennis the addict moves about a hard rectangle and seeks to ambush a fuzzy ball with a modified snow-shoe. — Elliott Chaze
Tennis is what I do and is part of who I am. — Jennifer Capriati
The primary conception of tennis is to get the ball over the net and at the same time to keep it within bounds of the… — Elliott Chaze
The Gullikson twins here. An interesting pair, both from Wisconsin. — Dan Maskell
These ball boys are marvellous. You don't even notice them. There's a left handed one over there. I noticed him earlier . — Max Robertson
It's quite clear that Virginia Wade is thriving on the pressure now that the pressure on her to do well is off . — Harry Carpenter
We haven't had any more rain since it stopped raining. — Harry Carpenter
[At high school in Cape Town] my interests outside my academic work were debating, tennis, and to a lesser extent, acting. I became intensely interested… — Allan McLeod Cormack
On how he met Wayne Gretzky: I was in L.A. preparing for Indian Wells, and a mutual friend asked if I'd like to have dinner… — Milos Raonic
Tennis is a game of angles. You never have time to figure the angles. It's practiced. It's so practiced that it becomes an instinct. You… — Billie Jean King
Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far. I won't even call a friend on the day… — Chris Evert
I'm sure many people who discover they are destined to be athletes before they know what kind, go through a period of revelation... when they… — Evonne Goolagong Cawley
It's something I've always wanted - to be known as an Australian. When I was younger I was always referred to as an Aboriginal tennis… — Evonne Goolagong Cawley
Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game. I don't know if you ever played competitive tennis, but you… — James Lee Burke
The point about football in Britain is that it is not just a sport people take to, like cricket or tennis. It is built into… — Arthur Hopcraft

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