Being Quote by Tim Henman

Tennis, for me, every time I went out on the court, it just gave me such joy to play.

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

Spending time in airports and planes is probably my least favourite part of being a tennis player.

— Johanna Konta

Tennis was a big part of my life from as far back as I can remember.

— Rod Laver

When I committed to playing a little tennis in some exhibitions, it was the best thing for me. It got me in shape. It…

— Pete Sampras

God, when I was about nine or ten years old, my whole summers were spent playing tennis. I was there from when it opened…

— Douglas Henshall

That's my every day: putting things aside and going out there and have two hours of concentration of tennis.

— Garbine Muguruza

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

— Thomas Muster

Tennis was my hobby which became my career but it never felt like a job.

— Tim Henman

I loved to play, I was competitive, I wanted to win, that was all I knew. In the first few years tennis is a…

— Gabriela Sabatini

Besides my strokes improving, I've gotten a lot more comfortable with the game. The travel's not so tough any more, I'm learning my way…

— Mardy Fish

I certainly had a lot of fun during my career playing tennis, doing the thing I wanted to do and to do it well.

— Evonne Goolagong Cawley

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

— Arthur Ashe