Career Quote by Iga Swiatek

I just wanted to play tennis. It wasn't a job. It was an ambition. I knew I could make money at it. I was…

— Martina Navratilova

When I was growing up, I wanted to be a tennis player.

— Diana Silvers

As a kid, I wanted to be a pro tennis player. I was pretty good; at the tennis academies I attended, I always 'played…

— Matt Kuchar

I never thought I was going to make a career out of tennis, to be honest, until I was 10 or 11 years old.…

— Grigor Dimitrov

I was an accomplished junior tennis player up to around fourteen years old. At fourteen or fifteen I made the decision to venture off…

— Aaron Zigman

I always said that I wanted to be a professional tennis player, but I don't really think I fully believed it until my junior…

— Christopher Eubanks

When I was 14 I wasn't even thinking of playing professional tennis. I was thinking of going to high school in Sweden then getting…

— Mats Wilander

I played a lot of tennis when I was young.

— Roy Hodgson

I've been very focused on my career outside of tennis.

— Venus Williams

This is what I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted to be a professional tennis player.

— Frances Tiafoe

I actually wanted to be a tennis player.

— Constance Jablonski

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

— Andy Murray