Going Quote by Kiki Bertens

I went through a tough time after leaving 'tennis.

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with psychologists to…

— Gabriela Sabatini

I had to focus on my music career. But tennis has always been a passion.

— Redfoo

I feel like I've done a pretty good job of blocking out everything that's going on around me when I need to, and I've…

— Ben Shelton

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

Tennis is my life, obviously; I need to focus, I need to win. But it's not the only thing. I'm not going to play…

— Novak Djokovic

To be honest, everything in my life outside of tennis is great. I'm doing amazing projects that, if I didn't have time off, I…

— Maria Sharapova

I was so tired of playing tennis, so tired of traveling, of hotels, everything related to this sport.

— Thomas Muster

I gave up tennis to study, but not before it had shown me how to focus and concentrate. It taught me self-discipline: I was…

— Ray Fearon

I feel like my whole life only tennis.

— Li Na

My motivation for tennis has been increasing every year.

— Kei Nishikori

Some stuff happened outside of tennis, and it made me realize that you just have to think about yourself, just focus on yourself, and…

— Caroline Garcia