High school Quote by Mats Wilander

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

Since I was like eight, I always wanted to be playing pro tennis.

— Frances Tiafoe

I knew I was going to play pro tennis when I was 12.

— Frances Tiafoe

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

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

— Diana Silvers

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

— Johanna Konta

I've always loved playing tennis. When I was 12, my parents decided that I should try to do it seriously. My father started to…

— Dominika Cibulkova

I'm no longer just a tennis player. My role is not as easy as I imagined, dreaming of a career as a 12-year-old.

— Iga Swiatek

I played a lot of tennis when I was young.

— Roy Hodgson

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

— Andy Murray

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

— Bernard Tomic

I started when I was 8 years old, which is obviously nowadays pretty late, but I guess in my generation it was all right.…

— Jana Novotna