Famous Quotes & Sayings

Jim Courier

Flying has opened up new horizons for tennis.

Jim Courier

Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.

Jerry Lawler

I don't know of any wrestler who hasn't, at one time or another, been with a fan. One time I met a woman at a match in Tennessee, and afterward we went to a little roadside motel. We checked in, went to the room, and enjoyed each other for an hour or so.

Colin Mochrie

The American audiences are more vocal and enthusiastic. British audiences tend to sit back a little more.

We just went cold. We have a tendency to do that.

Goran Ivanisevic

Every generation has its own Goran. So I was the Goran of this generation.

Goran Ivanisevic

After I won a match at a tournament I tried to repeat everything I did the day I won. Before my next match, I ate the same food, I went to the same restaurant etc. Sometimes it got very boring.

Fred Perry

Strangely enough, Kathy Jordan is getting to the net first, which she always does.

Greg Rusedski

If I stay healthy and I'm playing good tennis I have as good a chance as anybody.

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.

Jeff Smith

He wants to get tennis going in the valley, especially with juniors.

If we want to win the Big Ten title we have to win and that's pretty much what it comes down to. If we lose, we get second.

Josh Brown

I'm going to do something. There's a little tension between us.

Marat Safin

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

Marat Safin

Everything is possible in this life...

You think you know somebody, but you find out if you travel with them for ten days.

Neneh Cherry

I had this weird, nomadic little tent with a rug over it, like a booth where I'd sing the vocals.

Lilly Pulitzer

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

Martina Navratilova

Just go out there and do what you've got to do.

Lindsay Davenport

I've played too many tennis hours.

Pete Sampras

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

Rahul Dravid

There is no substitute to taking a lot of a catches as a youngster if you want to do slip catching - you've got to catch, catch, catch. And more than doing the normal stuff, you have to vary your catching - you've got to take some catches with the tennis ball, you got to take some closer, some further away.

Li Na

Tennis is best of three sets, so even if I lose the first set, I still have a chance.

Li Na

I feel like my whole life only tennis.

Katherine Center

Beauty comes from tenderness.

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.

Luciano Pavarotti

I am a tenor buff. I hear myself.

Edith Hamilton

A tendency to exaggeration was a Roman trait.

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.

John MacArthur

There was a tense atmosphere, ... When the end came, it was very abrupt.