Tennis Quotes

I started when I was 8 years old, which is obviously nowadays pretty late, but I guess in my generation it was all right. I had plenty of other interests and I didn't do only tennis.

I'm not saying I'm something special. I might play a little better tennis than other people, but it is because I was given the chance, and not many people are.

My parents paid me small amounts for cleaning my room or cleaning the dishes and stuff, but I never really had a real job before I started on my professional tennis career.

Teach a child to play solitaire, and she'll be able to entertain herself when there's no one around. Teach her tennis, and she'll know what to do when she's on a court. But raise her to feel comfortable in nature, and the whole planet is her home.

The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said, 'A civilization is judged only in its decline.' That made sense to me. I would imagine the same is true for poets and tennis players.

I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.

Seems like most of the kids today are into other sports other than tennis.

Anybody who can dial a telephone can master tennis scoring in about 15 minutes.

Family's first, and that's what matters most. We realize that our love goes deeper than the tennis game.

As tennis players, we work and we sacrifice many things. To lose, that's not a happy thing - I mean sure, I was disappointed. You have to come back strong. But to win the last point in a grand slam tournament, that's the most beautiful and most satisfying feeling you can get as a tennis player. It's worth it.

Tennis is seen all around the world; if I am home or anywhere in the country, United States, people will stare.

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 am here to play women's tennis. I'm a lady. Predominantly, most of the time I always like to play ladies.

I did a really good job of sticking to the tennis court.

I used to travel in tennis shoes; I am just not allowed to anymore. I'm an old hippie from San Francisco.

In corporate levels, it's all about tailoring your shirt and which tennis club you belong to and which watch you are wearing and what did you shoot last week?

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.

I just try to stay positive and focused on the tennis, not let anything get to me, like crazy questions. But I'm tough, let me tell you, tough as nails.

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.

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.

I never thought tennis was going to give me so much satisfaction.

In Hollywood people lie to each other and cheat each other and then go and play tennis. But I don't want to be a tennis player.

I definitely want to get out of tennis and try something completely different.

These girls play tennis first and foremost, the fact that many of them are very glamorous is a major bonus for any promoter.

I used to get nervous, you know if my parents would come watch. And then I would get nervous if my friends came and watched. Today it's not a problem anymore actually, because now I enjoy it. I see that they, you know, respect me immensely, and I try to put on a good show and show that I can still play very good tennis.

I have this terrible dark side to my personality, which playing tennis keeps at bay.

Tennis has had a very positive impact on my life.

Relationships are give-and-take, and when you're a tennis player, you're certainly not giving. You have to be self-absorbed. It has to be about you.

If I didn't play tennis I don't know where I'd be.

I'm amazed that years after I stopped playing tennis, people still recognize me in restaurants and ask for my autograph.