Tennis Quotes

“Watching someone that you love, you think they have a certain amount of time left to live, changed everything for me. And tennis seemed not so important anymore.”

“If I played tennis, I had to be in a dance class. I always had multiple activities, so I never had to count on any one of them to feel successful.”

“I used to play a lot of tennis and then, next thing you know, same thing with tennis. That banging on the knees, the jarring, twisting motion - I couldn't do it. All of a sudden, every time I played, my knee would swell up.”

“I have always been very dedicated to tennis, and it's true that I made some compromises in my life. For example, I never went out to parties when I was younger, and I spent less time with friends.”

“My audiences have given me lots of love as a tennis player. I hope they appreciate my passion for acting.”

“In tennis ball cricket, even it's hit from the toe of the bat, the ball still travels a lot, but in normal cricket, it has to be the middle part of the bat, so it requires a lot of work.”

“I was in the football, rugby, cricket and hockey teams at school; bit of squash. Tennis obviously.”

“I feel like I'm doing some great things for American tennis.”

“Starting a business is similar to an athletic endeavor, like serving a tennis ball. Telling you how to do it is useless. You actually get better through a combination of practice, coaching, and repetitions with money on the line.”

“I often find that pundits are quite negative... not just in tennis, but in sport in general. I just don't like that. Obviously, the job of a pundit is to create interest and a bit of controversy. I get that. Listeners like that. But I do think there's a duty there to promote the sport and talk about how good these people are at what they do.”

“I understand popular entertainment better than anyone. I want to have the world's No. 1 tennis player, the hottest movie, the biggest artist.”

“I grew up in the 1950s at the beginning of rock n' roll, and would strum a tennis racket in front of the mirror.”

“If you are happy in your private life, and - that will affect your tennis, and that will help you, actually.”

“As a child, I was lucky to have the support of my parents because starting a tennis career is a very expensive adventure.”

“I do appreciate journalists that come out a little bit more, I would say, unexpected. Ask me some other things that don't relate or don't have to do with my tennis match, or maybe have to do with my tennis match but in a way in a deeper sense.”

“Me, I'm a rising star for American tennis. I'm really proud to represent my country and hopefully I can keep going higher.”

“Since I retired, I very much enjoy watching Serena Williams play. While I was playing, she was one of the toughest players I ever faced. Her ground strokes are so solid, her serve is one of the most powerful in women's tennis, and mentally she is just so strong.”

“Tennis is such a fun game. One of the things that I really like is that everything depends on you. Before certain matches, you might have those butterflies, but that's the excitement. There's a ton of emotion that you're going through.”

“Everything's a real passion to me - my children, my family, my work, travel. I don't play tennis, I don't play music, but I have a great time.”

“Billie Jean King is one of the all-time tennis greats; she's one of the superstars. She's ready for the big one, but she doesn't stand a chance against me. Women's tennis is so far beneath men's tennis; that's what makes the contest with a 55-year-old man the greatest contest of all time.”