Busy Quote by Christopher Eubanks

I got into tennis because of my parents. They would play a little on the weekend and I liked it when I played.

— Gael Monfils

I played basketball to try to get my parents from working so hard.

— James Worthy

My parents did everything possible. My dad has worked from eight in the morning until nine in the evening to make it possible so…

— Sabine Lisicki

My father was as involved as he could be. He was busy, but called me every day. He knew what was happening in school,…

— Masaba Gupta

My parents got me into tennis, and it's why I do what I do, and probably why I do it as well as I…

— Taylor Fritz

I've always been lucky enough to just play tennis, so I never actually had a job when I was growing up.

— 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

My mother didn't really want me to go into professional tennis. She thought it was too hard a life.

— Maria Sakkari

I didn't associate playing tennis with making a living until I was maybe 18 or 19.

— Johanna Konta

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

— Rod Laver

When I was eight and a half, my parents moved to a part of Queens where there was a club nearby. We joined, and…

— John McEnroe

I decided to play tennis not because I wanted to be a professional player, but because my parents wanted me to get involved in…

— Jelena Jankovic