Famous Quotes & Sayings

For some of them it's actually their first tennis experience.

Ivan Lendl

He's a haircut and a forehand.

Andy Roddick

I don't think about 1-9 to be honest, ... ... I'm just going to try to think about how to win the tennis match.

Marat Safin

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

Marat Safin

I love tennis, but I just don't like grass.

Marat Safin

Everything is possible in this life...

Novak Djokovic

I always try to have something that keeps my mind relaxed, keeps my mind a little bit off tennis.

Novak Djokovic

Nobody actually played tennis in my family.

Novak Djokovic

I have always valued the care for my body, and my mind and had holistic approach to life. I always thought this is utmost importance for my tennis.

Novak Djokovic

It is very important and my success very much depends on the harmony that I feel in my private life. It is essential for me to be happy in my private life. And if it continues, I am able to continue playing tennis.

John McEnroe

It's been predictable, in the sense of 'expect the unexpected'.

John McEnroe

This [defeat] has taught me a lesson, but I'm not sure what it is.

John McEnroe

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

Rafael Nadal

I take pleasure in tennis and the hope that it requires.

Rafael Nadal

Is only a tennis match. At the end, that's life. There is much more important things.

Rafael Nadal

It's more a tennis problem than a mental problem. The transition is difficult. It depends how much time you have. Playing on grass can sometimes be a bit of a lottery.

Rafael Nadal

My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help to me.

Serena Williams

Sure, I've been on the Tube...I caught it to Eastbourne once.

Serena Williams

We do more ready-to-wear and ath-leisure, things you would wear everyday. I never close my mind to anything and eventually want to branch out. But for now, tennis is still number one for me.

Gabriela Sabatini

I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket.

John Forsythe

The only way to quieten me is to invite me to a tennis match.

Lindsay Davenport

I've played too many tennis hours.

Jimmy Connors

With everything else that would swirl around me when I got involved in it, tennis was my main concern.

Jimmy Connors

I never lost a tennis match, I just ran out of time

Jimmy Connors

Experience is a great advantage. The problem is that when you get the experience, you're too damned old to do anything about it.

Jim Parsons

I love seeing tennis up close.

Mats Wilander

To me, Hewitt and Nadal would be the best spirited fighters I've ever seen on the tennis court.

Patrick Rafter

I don't know if Wimbledon's seen anything like it. I don't know if they will again. But it was just - it was electric. The Aussie crowd, I'm really proud of them, the way they conducted themselves. You know they're great losers, as well.

Patrick Rafter

I'm the sort of person who keeps a lot to myself.

Patrick Mouratoglou

The tennis world is constantly changing. What's true today may be wrong tomorrow. If you don't make progress, others will and you will be overtaken.

Marc Webb

When you have to react to a lizard that's a tennis ball, it's a really, really difficult, tricky piece of craft.

Lilly Pulitzer

I was a gypsy, living a carefree life of ponies and tennis.

Jonathan Ames

I started puberty very late. I was nearly sixteen. And for complicated reasons this late arrival of my puberty caused me to stop playing competitive tennis. But before my puberty problem, I had trouble with my lower back and with my left testicle.