Bigger Quote by Maria Sharapova

I like to play tiebreaks, as that is when it gets interesting. Even when I was young, I enjoyed these kind of matches.

— Dominic Thiem

I do play tennis, but I don't really like competition. I'm supposed to be so intense, but I hate competition.

— Amy Chua

I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against…

— Maria Sharapova

I like this sport because it reveals characters and personalities, especially when things go wrong. In tennis you can make mistakes but still win…

— Jannik Sinner

I love tennis more than designing because it's actually easier and I don't get nearly as nervous.

— Serena Williams

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 a very interesting world. It's a sport of opportunities, but it's a sport of challenges as well. And for anybody to continue…

— Katrina Adams

I think, for me, I just really want to have fun with every match that I play because tennis is a game.

— Naomi Osaka

The thing is, it's not good anyway for eight-year-olds to be out there playing tennis tournaments so soon in their lives. But when I…

— Venus Williams

When you're young, you step into the world of tennis and you don't really know what it's all about. It's a brutal change, because…

— Jack Draper

Tennis is such a fun game. One of the things that I really like is that everything depends on you. Before certain matches, you…

— Grigor Dimitrov

It was different when I was young, aged 20, playing the French Open. I didn't have so much experience. I just played tennis because…

— Ana Ivanovic