Tennis Quotes Page 2

Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.

The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself.

Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it.

A smile is a curve that can straighten out a lot of problems.

The mark of great sportsmen is not how good they are at their best, but how good they are their worst.

I really stay busy [in retirement]. I often have to cancel my golf games on the weekends to go play in tennis tournaments.

The Gullikson twins here. An interesting pair, both from Wisconsin.

I'm not afraid of anyone, but sometimes I'm afraid of myself. The mental part is very important.

My motto is: I'm alive, so that means I can do anything.

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.

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.

In football, there were drinks available everywhere you looked. On a golf tournament, you could find one free anywhere you wanted it. In tennis and NBA basketball, everybody had a hospitality suite, and so you could go there and load up if you wanted to.

Dreams do come true if you keep believing in yourself. Anything is possible.

It's like love. When you look too hard, you don't find it. When you let it happen naturally, it comes.

We all choke. Winners know how to handle choking better than losers.

Tennis is a mental game. Everyone is fit, everyone hits great forehands and backhands.

Life is like a tennis game. You can't win without serving.

When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis.

I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.

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.

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.

I killed a squirrel once with a car. Twice with a tennis racket.

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.

I have always believed that my job is to try and give my best on the tennis courts.

I am the greatest tennis player. The other players are like coins in my pocket that I give to a homeless man.

Obviously, like Wembley is synonymous with tennis, snooker is synonymous with Sheffield.

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.

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.

Ladies, here's a hint. If you're up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That's the hardest shot for the well-endowed.

The great part about tennis is you can't run out the clock.

... As long as we were still playing, I had a chance.

My dad's method in his madness was to try every sport and then observe what I liked. I played football, tennis, golf, cricket but I loved my snooker.

The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall.

Greatest thing in life: Winning a tennis match. Second greatest thing in life: Losing a tennis match

Borg's won Wimbledon four straight times and out there he has just lost an 18-16 tie breaker. You'd think maybe once he'd let up and say forget it. But oh, no way.

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.

My personal style is really comfy: flats, tennis shoes, ponytails, no makeup.