Battle Quote by Steve Rushin

It wasn't until I was 14 and watched the 1976 Olympic games on television that I really started to dream about the big time.…

— Jackie Joyner-Kersee

Bobby Riggs was one of my heroes. I admired him. That's one of the reasons I beat him - because I respected him.

— Billie Jean King

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

— Frances Tiafoe

When I first played tennis... I was 11 or 12... and the craziest bit about that tennis tournament is that I had never seen…

— Dylan Alcott

I won Wimbledon when I was 19 and again after I had a child.

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

My mom was a great tennis player, and I remember being six or seven years old watching Steffi Graf and Monica Seles in Wimbledon…

— Tom Brady

Back then, 22, I just loved the sport so much. It was such an exciting time, it was fun. It was an amazing ride.

— B. J. Penn

I remember being a teenager and watching 40-year-old Michael Jordan compete in his final All-Star game.

— Kawhi Leonard

I always knew that my best tennis was going to be in my late 20s.

— John Isner

When I was 17, I was a Lakers Girl; I was the youngest girl on the squad.

— Moon Bloodgood

I went to a Buddy Guy concert when I was, like, seven years old.

— Gabriella Wilson

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