In tennis the addict moves about a hard rectangle and seeks to ambush a fuzzy ball with a modified snow-shoe. — Elliott Chaze
It's important for the young players to practice other ball games as well, basketball or table tennis. On the tennis court, you can improve your eye through a kind of overexertion. — Rafael Nadal
Tennis is a mental game. Everyone is fit, everyone hits great forehands and backhands. — Novak Djokovic
Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it. — Monica Seles
In the States, tennis is sixth or seventh on the totem pole as far as sports go. — Andy Roddick
One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other. — Jane Kaczmarek
Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there. — Venus Williams
I decided to play tennis not because I wanted to be a professional player, but because my parents wanted me to get involved in something so I wouldnt be running around the streets in Serbia. — Jelena Jankovic
The great part about tennis is you can't run out the clock.... As long as we were still playing, I had a chance. — Andre Agassi
Greatest thing in life: Winning a tennis match. Second greatest thing in life: Losing a tennis match — Jimmy Connors
Life is like a tennis game. You can't win without serving. — Arthur Ashe
The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall. — Mitch Hedberg
I went on the courts with just a ball and a racket and a hope...and that's all I had. — Serena Williams
What I love about tennis is that I’m better now than I was when I was 20. — Bill Ackman
If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration. — Serena Williams
Short Tennis Quotes
You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. — Serena Williams
Losing is not my enemy..fear of losing is my enemy. — Rafael Nadal
Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it. — Billie Jean King
I fear no one, but respect everyone. — Roger Federer
There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it. — Roger Federer
If somebody says I am better than Roger, I think this person doesn't know anything about tennis. — Rafael Nadal
A smart girl is one who knows how to play tennis, golf, piano -- and dumb. — Marilyn Monroe
As tennis players, you are never satisfied. We are greedy as players, always want better results. — Sania Mirza
I play each point like my life depends on it. — Rafael Nadal
Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown. — Althea Gibson
Tennis Image Quotes
Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work — Andre Agassi
Tennis Player Quotes
People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity. — Pete Sampras
Since I don't look like every other girl, it takes a while to be okay with that. To be different. But different is good. — Serena Williams
A lot of people now think Im a shoe. They dont even know I was a tennis player. The shoe has really taken on a life of its own, way beyond me. — Stan Smith
In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach. — Andy Murray
Golf is the only sport I know of where a player pays for every mistake. A man can muff a serve in tennis, miss a strike in baseball, or throw an incomplete pass in football and still have another chance to square himself. In golf, every swing counts against you. — Lloyd Mangrum
In my mind, I'm always the best. If I walk out on the court (and) I think the next person is better, I've already lost. — Venus Williams
What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well. — John McEnroe
I want to be remembered as a great player, but I guess it will be as a player who got angry on a tennis court. — John McEnroe
I am the greatest tennis player. The other players are like coins in my pocket that I give to a homeless man. — Novak Djokovic
You have to believe on the court. In the end, it's mental. In these moments against a great champion like Rafa, you have to believe. It's all about stepping in and taking your chances. I always believed, but it's a process of learning. — Novak Djokovic
Tennis Courts Quotes
The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself. — Goran Ivanisevic
My first job was in sixth grade, sweeping the clay tennis courts at the yacht club near my house, which I was not a member of. Always had to pay my own rent. But I don't really have any concept of how money works. I don't know how much things cost. Like a BMW. Or a quart of milk. It's embarrassing. — Chloe Sevigny
A man should never wear shorts in the city. Flip-flops and shorts in the city are never appropriate. Shorts should only be worn on the tennis court or on the beach. — Tom Ford
I could be on the court for two hours, and it felt like 10 minutes. It made time go by. — Kawhi Leonard
When I’m on the court, I feel all problems go away. — Kawhi Leonard
I have always believed that my job is to try and give my best on the tennis courts. — Sania Mirza
I made it look so easy on court all those years. No one realized how hard I had to work. No one realized how much I had to put into it. They underestimated my intensity. — Pete Sampras
I am afraid of a lot of things. A dog. I could be afraid of a dog that's upset, for example. And on the tennis courts, maybe on the outside I look fearless, but on the inside, I'm scared. There's not one player in the world who isn't nervous before matches. Especially important matches. — Rafael Nadal
Tennis is a young man's game. Until you're 25, you can play singles. From 25 to 35, you should play doubles. I won't tell you exactly how old I am, but when I played, there were 28 men on the court - just on my side of the net. — George Burns
Tennis is a traditional game. A big sport like tennis does not need too many changes. The game has become too fast, there are hardly any long, interesting rallies these days. So maybe slowing down the courts could help. But you can't really stop a sport from evolving. — Bjorn Borg
Tennis Balls Quotes
Whether we fall by ambition, blood, or lust, like diamonds we are cut with our own dust. — John Webster
I love the feel of hitting the ball hard, the pleasure of a rally. It is these things that make tennis the delightful game that it is. — Helen Wills
Try throwing a ball just once for a dog. It would be like eating only one peanut or potato chip. Try to ignore the importuning of a Golden Retriever who has brought you his tennis ball, the greatest treasure he possesses! — Roger Caras
Just the other day someone threw a bra duct-taped to a tennis ball. I just stood there, playing guitar, thinking how this was totally premeditated. Some girl sat around inventing a way to get her bra onstage from 40 rows back. — Dave Grohl
Tennis is an addiction that once it has truly hooked a man will not let him go. — Russell Lynes
Every time I hit the ball on the wall I uses to pretend I was there (Wimbledon). When I went to sleep I used to pretend I was there. — Evonne Goolagong Cawley
To act with a tennis ball and imagine it's a tentacle, or if you're in some kind of wilderness film and you go, 'Okay, we can't have a grizzly bear here, but imagine when you step over the rock there there's a grizzly bear.' I don't know. They're tough moments. — Joel Edgerton
It's one-on-one out there, man. There ain't no hiding. I can't pass the ball. — Pete Sampras
I think Pringles initial intention was to make tennis balls. But on the day that the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truckload of potatoes arrived. But Pringles is a laid back company. They said, "Screw it. Cut 'em up!" — Mitch Hedberg
Tennis Game Quotes
I really stay busy [in retirement]. I often have to cancel my golf games on the weekends to go play in tennis tournaments. — Richard Davies
My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well. — Roger Federer
Jimmy Connors plays two tennis matches and winds up with $850,000, and Muhammad Ali fights for one bout and winds up with five million bucks. Me, I play 190 games--if you count exhibitions -- and I'm overpaid! — Johnny Bench
But it is impossible to enjoy a tennis game, a book, or a conversation unless attention is fully concentrated on the activity. — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Equipment's the biggest change. And the guys have been getting bigger, stronger, more athletic - so the game has become more of a track meet instead of a tennis match, in a sense. — John McEnroe
Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified. — Virginia Graham
Family's first, and that's what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game. — Serena Williams
Cycling isn’t a game, it's a sport. Tough, hard and unpitying, and it requires great sacrifices. One plays football, or tennis, or hockey. One doesn’t play at cycling. — Jean de Gribaldy
Playing (Serena) it always felt like playing a steamroller. No subtlety, no finesse, just raw, loud power. To respect this style of play was always a bit tough for me, but of course I had to, because the rules of tennis dont state that having a beautiful game is required to become No. 1. — Martina Hingis
What a polite game tennis is. The chief word in it seems to be "sorry" and admiration of each other's play crosses the net as frequently as the ball. — James M. Barrie
Tennis Shoes Quotes
Why do I wear tennis shoes? That's two questions. Do I wear tennis shoes? The answer to that question is, "Yes." "Why?" That's a question philosophers have been pondering for centuries. — Irwin Corey
I love jeans, T-shirts, boots, and tennis shoes. — Ashley Benson
I used to travel in tennis shoes; I am just not allowed to anymore. I'm an old hippie from San Francisco. — Amy Irving
My personal style is really comfy: flats, tennis shoes, ponytails, no makeup. — Kristin Bauer van Straten
Once in a while I'll get moved to do some exercise. It's something I long for but the biggest problem is bending down and putting my tennis shoes on. Once I go out I'm OK. — David Soul
Usually, I wear tennis shoes because my feet are flat, and it hurts to wear anything other than shoes that are cushiony. — Ellen DeGeneres
I like things to feel a touch unfinished; sweatpants with heels, or tennis shoes with a trouser. Those things are important. — Jenna Lyons
Why did I lose? No reason, though you might like to know that I got tired, my ears started popping, the rubber came off my shoes, I got cramp, and I lost one of my contact lenses. Other than that I was in great shape. — Bob Lutz
The Human Species could have been great but instead we became satisfied with lights on our tennis shoes. — George Carlin
Stop trying to treat music like it's a tennis shoe, something to be branded. If the music industry wants to save money, they should take a look at some of their six-figure executive expense accounts. All those lawsuits can't be cheap, either. — Jeff Tweedy
Tennis Team Quotes
My hobbies are cooking and gardening, especially growing orchids. I love soccer, my husband and I support a British team called Chelsea, and I also enjoy tennis. We have 3 cats. — Juliet Mills
I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as their weapons. — Yannick Noah
I will do everything in my power to make sure people are aware that our team is out there fighting the good fight for the tennis fans of the United States. — Jim Courier
And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and was on the Junior Davis Cup in New York City. — Sanford I. Weill
I'd have loved to have been a footballer. I was always playing football and I enjoyed it much more than tennis to begin with. It's more fun to play in a team, all the parents are there cheering you on. — Andy Murray
Why are there no great women artists?' sounds as ignorant of human geography as the query 'Why are there no Eskimo tennis teams? — Francine du Plessix Gray
There is no life for girls in team sports past
Little League. I got into tennis when I realized this, and because I
thought golf would be too slow for me, and I was too scared to swim. — Billie Jean King
It means everything, definitely. I mean, it's Wimbledon. Tennis here is tennis history. Centre Court is always great to play on. I really feel like I'm at home. I was really up and down after my title here in 2011, but I still worked hard and believed in myself, and my team believed in me as well. — Petra Kvitova
If you have team spirit you can even beat better teams. As far as team sport is concerned China might need a change in attitude in comparison to the one in table tennis. — Berti Vogts
I'd also made the first tennis team. I was number two player in the school at 11 years of age and that didn't sit very well with people. — John Newcombe
If you can't take a punch, you should play table tennis. — Pierre Berbizier
Hornergy' is Zen's term for the indomitable athletic edge powered by sexual restraint. The basketball, baseball and football teams haven't had a winning season in years. The table-tennis team, however, is undefeated. — Megan McCafferty
There was endless action - not just football, but sailboats, tennis and other things: movement. There was endless talk - the ambassador at the head of the table laying out the prevailing wisdom, but everyone else weighing in with their opinions and taking part. — Charles Spalding
China needs a table-tennis-like solidity in football. — Berti Vogts
I beat my sons in real-life table tennis, but virtually, I get murdered. I download games on the iPhone that I'm addicted to - I'm a master at "Angry Birds." — Salman Rushdie
I know China are very good in table tennis. Let me see what happens in tennis. I am pretty happy with the way I am playing. — Anastasia Myskina
Great Tennis Quotes
The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst. — Martina Navratilova
The world's No. 1 tennis player spends 90 percent of his time winning, while the world's No. 1 golfer spends 90 percent of his time losing. Golfers are great losers. — David Feherty
It's not whether you win or lose - but whether I win or lose. — Sandy Lyle
I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles. — Pete Sampras
A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn't have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible. — Maria Sharapova
I love tennis! I've always felt like this because it is such a classy sport with a great, competitive flair to it. — Roger Federer
If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass. — Randall Tex Cobb
You will never have great tennis champions from England because of the cold and dark, but most of all because people only care about the sport for two weeks a year, and then they're on to something else. There's just not a great love of the sport there — Monica Seles
My mom was a great tennis player, and I remember being six or seven years old watching Steffi Graf and Monica Seles in Wimbledon in my house. I've always been a tennis fan. — Tom Brady
I was never pegged to be the next great American tennis player by any means. I wasn't a prodigy. I'm a late bloomer. Whatever happens, I'm proud of what I've done. — John Isner
Tennis can be a very frustrating sport. There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it. You have to put in the hours because there is always something you can improve. [Y]ou have to put in a lot of sacrifice and effort for sometimes little reward but you have to know that, if you put in the right effort, the reward will come. — Roger Federer
You have to believe in the long term plan you have but you need the short term goals to motivate and inspire you. — Roger Federer
The world over - 50 million children start playing tennis, 5 million learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals, when I was holding a cup I never asked GOD 'Why me?'. And today in pain I should not be asking GOD 'Why me?' — Arthur Ashe
Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport. — Billie Jean King
Women's tennis is getting faster and the girls are getting more athletic, so I need to push myself to become a better athlete. I think 2013 showed me, like a few other years how important being healthy is and how I must listen to my body. During this off season I have been a little smarter on how I train and how I treat my body. — Maria Sharapova
Tennis takes care of everything. It requires agility and quickness to get to the ball, core strength to get power into your shorts and stamina to last for an entire match. In addition to toning your arms and shoulders, it's a total body workout for your legs and abs, and works your heart and core unlike any other sport. — Samantha Stosur
When I got to match point in the final I was afraid I'd be a little nervous, but I just said, You have to stay focused, just think about what you have to do. — Gabriela Sabatini
To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost. — Chris Evert
When you play sports like tennis, you're alone, and that's a good school for life, but it's also a good school for life to bring your best and make those around you better, too - helping others in difficult moments. — Jurgen Klopp
I think the whole boycott thing was a bit too much. It's because we're accomplished so much in women's tennis in the last two, three years. We deserve something better. — Martina Hingis
Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. — Arthur Ashe
A smile is a curve that can straighten out a lot of problems. — Ana Ivanovic
The Gullikson twins here. An interesting pair, both from Wisconsin. — Dan Maskell
I'm not afraid of anyone, but sometimes I'm afraid of myself. The mental part is very important. — Justine Henin
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