Best Quote by Howard Jacobson

Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.

— Arthur Ashe

God, when I was about nine or ten years old, my whole summers were spent playing tennis. I was there from when it opened…

— Douglas Henshall

I actually played a lot of other sports - table tennis and soccer for a long time.

— Toni Kukoc

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

— Rod Laver

Tennis has been a part of my life since I was five years old.

— Ashleigh Barty

I started in a very small tennis club in a South American country where I never thought about becoming the best tennis player.

— Garbine Muguruza

I didn't know any life apart from tennis since I was eight years old.

— Bernard Tomic

Tennis was my hobby which became my career but it never felt like a job.

— Tim Henman

In the 1980s when I was growing up in the Berkshire town of Maidenhead I was heavily into tennis. It was the era of…

— Peter Jones

Playing the tennis circuit, I travelled so much for so long, that being at home is now one of my favourite things.

— Tim Henman

I loved to play, I was competitive, I wanted to win, that was all I knew. In the first few years tennis is a…

— Gabriela Sabatini

When I was young, I associated playing tennis with being part of historic moments, being part of these epic battles and coming out victorious,…

— Johanna Konta