Famous Quotes & Sayings

Andy Roddick

Is that the longest fifth set ever? It was? So, no, I've never played one longer than that!

Andy Roddick

I don't want to live and die with every point that's being played out there now. I'm going to let my coach live and die with every point.

Ann Patchett

Part of it is living in Tennessee. I'm so out of the loop. And as a person, I'm out of the loop. I'm oblivious by nature.

Anastasia Myskina

I know China are very good in table tennis. Let me see what happens in tennis. I am pretty happy with the way I am playing.

Rita Mae Brown

Tennis is physical chess.

Rita Mae Brown

Tennis, imprisoned within fixed boundaries, a patch of an acre, a green rectangle, tries the human soul. A tennis court is like a coffin, only larger.

Sylvester Stallone

Polo is like tennis - you literally have to live it.

Tim Henman

It's disappointing to have lost - that's the bee's knees of it...

Ron Livingston

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?

Roger Federer

I fear no one, but respect everyone.

Sabine Lisicki

Tennis is for me joy, nothing less than that.

Sue Barker

Tennis is a battle of the minds, just as much as it is a battle of playing ability. Trying to expose your opponent's weaknesses is one of the most vital and fascinating facets of tennis.

Steffi Graf

It's so difficult to find time besides the tennis.

Steffi Graf

I have always been guided by striving to show the best that I could. That is what kept me going in tennis and it is the same now.

Steffi Graf

I never look back, I look forward.

Victoria Azarenka

I hope I was a good example of women's tennis.

Usain Bolt

For me he (Tendulkar) is one of the greatest cricketers

Stefan Edberg

I felt better being in the background. That's the way I like it.

Stefan Edberg

Once you succeed in tennis, financially you become quite well off.

Swami Vivekananda

Never even attempt to disturb anyone's tendencies.

Samantha Stosur

In tennis it's easy to get greedy - and one Grand Slam doesn't feel enough any more.

Samantha Stosur

When I'm playing my best, like I was at the U.S. Open, I feel on top of the match and able to do exactly what I want. There are other times when you're not in control, but that is tennis and you have momentum changes in every single match.

Samantha Stosur

You've just got to get over that mental hurdle and those battles in your own head during matches when things aren't going so well. It takes time. It's probably all things I already knew, but for someone to talk about it maybe in a different way makes you realise things.

Samantha Stosur

Control the things you can control .

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.

Tom Hiddleston

Acting is a bit like tennis in that you can't really do it on your own.

Sloane Stephens

Good music just makes me happy and keeps me from getting distracted.

Sloane Stephens

I've heard that I'm 'the future of tennis.' But that's all just random stuff.