Tennis Quotes

I'm an American. You can't go on where you were born. If you do then John McEnroe would be a German.

There is no cheap way to achieve the ability to turn pro in tennis; it unfortunately is more expensive than team sports.

Andrea Jaeger plays tennis like she's double-parked.

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

Working with [Kyle Chandler] in the scene was like playing tennis. You work with really talented actors, I think they make other actors look really, really good.

I love sports. I've played basketball, baseball, soccer, tennis, track and field growing up.

I think Pete Sampras has really reached his peak. About the only thing he doesn't do is cook.

In the tennis world, there weren't a whole lot of Asians playing. You see it a little bit more now. The same can really be said for basketball.

We [Americans] are a football-baseball-basketball-golf culture with some ocassional forays into tennis and less often the winter sports.

Healthy parakeets have the nervous energy of tennis players.

Anything over-handed, I do left-handed. Like throwing a ball or serving in tennis. Otherwise, right-handed, like writing and shaving.

Understand that writing is like an athletic activity. To play tennis well, you expect to keep practicing, but for some reason with writing, you think you should come out fresh the first time.

Tennis is my life, obviously; I need to focus, I need to win. But it's not the only thing. I'm not going to play forever.

I'm trying to enjoy my lie as much as I can and I know that tennis hopefully is going to be my life the next 10, 15 years.

I lost to a better player who played some courageous tennis and deserved to win.

Obsession is a negative word, I do not think that obsession can bring positive things. Not only in tennis but, I mean in any situation of life.

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

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

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.

Nobody actually played tennis in my family.

Never steal anything so small that you'll have to go to an unpleasant city jail for it instead of a minimum-security federal tennis prison.

I guess I get my strength from my legs, which are also important in tennis.

My goal one day is to be in the same sentence as Rod Laver and Ken Rosewall.

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

When I committed to playing a little tennis in some exhibitions, it was the best thing for me. It got me in shape. It got me out of the house. It got me doing something I love to do.

Tennis obviously isn't as popular as baseball in the States.

Once the US Open is over in the States, mainstream America doesn't really follow tennis, unless you are a true tennis fan.

I've always led a pretty simple life, with few extravagances. The money in tennis never drove me.

Tennis is like marrying for money. Love has nothing to do with it.

A golf course is for golf. A tennis court is for tennis. A prison camp is for escaping.

I'm not the best player in the history of tennis. I think I'm amongst the best. That's true. That's enough for me.

I feel lucky to keep playing tennis, being healthy all those years, to compete in one of the most beautiful events of the year, without a doubt.

All sports are continuously developing, but what they all have in common is that the speed is increasing. That's also true of tennis; the ball is getting faster and faster.

Some people may learn something from the way I play tennis. But there are also players who are better than me in certain techniques.

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.

In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.

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

They call him the Streak, he likes to turn the other cheek. He's always making the news, wearing just his tennis shoes.

I do a lot of running. Bit of squash, bit of tennis. I don't like feeling out of shape.

I want to reach absolute perfection. And I think I can reach it.

Maybe, one other match better; but if you look at the tournament as a whole, I played very high quality tennis for seven matches and raised my game when I needed to

Tennis is physical chess.

I play better tennis because the court is there.

I'm playing great tennis. I'm enjoying the tour, having fun with the fans off the court. I'm loving it now.

I'm as patient a father as I am on the tennis court. It takes a lot for me to get really upset, but sometimes kids can get you really cross if they really keep bugging you.

Some of us have the good fortune of some type of natural gift, whether it's playing tennis or painting or writing.

I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis.

I beat my sons in real-life table tennis, but virtually, I get murdered. I download games on the iPhone that I'm addicted to - I'm a master at "Angry Birds."

This is how you play tennis without the net

I think I will always stay involved in tennis and would like to give back by helping out young players. I have done a little commentary and may one day enjoy doing that again.