Career Quote by Pam Shriver

I went through a tough time after leaving 'tennis.

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

I had vied for a championship; I had been involved in being a No. 1 contender, and having runs where I got close but…

— Mark Henry

Before I started playing more on the WTA tour, I actually won most of my Challengers on the clay, especially at the very beginning.

— Johanna Konta

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

— Arthur Ashe

I've always led a pretty simple life, with few extravagances. The money in tennis never drove me.

— Pete Sampras

I'd accomplished everything I had set out to do - winning the French and Australian Opens, the Olympic gold medal and the Davis Cup.…

— Yevgeny Kafelnikov

I lost to a better player who played some courageous tennis and deserved to win.

— Novak Djokovic

Once, I lost my father and tennis helped me to go through that tough loss.

— Aryna Sabalenka

I was very lucky in as much as I played a lot of tennis.

— Dabney Coleman

I went from not being known anywhere in the world to winning junior Wimbledon and six months later playing the Australian Open. I was…

— Ashleigh Barty

I actually wanted to be a tennis player.

— Constance Jablonski

I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.

— Billie Jean King