Tennis Quotes

In the history of women's tennis the great players have come back from long absences with no problems.

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.

It's that I have a good personality and am a good tennis player.

You know growing up in Sweden meant we had a lot of rain when we played tennis. We were taught on clay courts but because of the weather, we had to go indoors a lot.

As soon as I step on the court I just try to play tennis and don't find excuses. You know, I just lost because I lost, not because my arm was sore.

I spent a whole year when I was injured just trying to get my arm back to the point where I could hit a tennis ball for more than 30 minutes a day. I'd hit for 15 minutes and it would feel as if my arm was going to fall off.

I enjoyed the position I was in as a tennis player. I was to blame when I lost. I was to blame when I won. And I really like that, because I played soccer a lot too, and I couldn't stand it when I had to blame it on the goalkeeper.

Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.

All my time in rehab has made me appreciate tennis more than ever.

When I was 12, every little girl in Russia was trying to wear her hair like mine and playing tennis.

Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.

I have a TV Soap Boomerang award, and I always start my year with the Australian Open tennis! Tennis, soccer, you name it.

I look at tennis as a bit of a platform to hopefully touch lives and encourage people.

It was very unusual for a boy to play tennis in my country.

The tennis wasn't really very much on my mind, so it wasn't like I was thinking about it all the time.

There are a lot of good memories, and because I was injured, during the rehab, I met my wife. The tennis was very good but the injuries were good for something too.

I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis.

I was just another long-haired teenage kid with visions of grandeur, strumming a tennis racket or a broom in front of his bedroom mirror.

'Oh and Oh' is a tennis term... It's a nice way of saying you took your opponent to pieces.

I'm just glad Open tennis is here. It's great for the game. That's more important.

You know, I still love the innocent parts of the game. I love hitting tennis balls. I love seeing the young guys do well. I'll still have a lot of friends to watch. I'll miss the relationships probably the most. As time passes, I'll probably miss the tennis more.

I was in the tennis bubble. I wasn't thinking about the big picture. I didn't notice what they said on television, I wasn't reading any papers. I had a coach and a manager, and they kept me in the bubble.

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.

Tennis players we're always playing in center courts that feel like arenas. And when we get on the court and the crowd cheers your name or salutes you - it's like you're a gladiator in the arena. And everyone is cheering - and you're fighting, you're screaming, during your strokes - it feels like you're an animal, fighting for your life.

It wasn't my tennis that made me lose, it was a lot of different things going on, high drama, high emotion.

The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.

Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody.

I am a hero worshiper. I love the number one tennis player. I love the number one baseball player. I want to see those records broken.

I used to play a lot of racket sports, tennis and squash.

I walk my dogs. I garden a little. I play a bit of tennis. Basically when I have spare time I'm making music.