Famous Quotes & Sayings

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

Ivan Lendl

He's a haircut and a forehand.

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.

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.

David Ferrer

That's what tennis is all about. Anything can happen. Until the end of the match, you can't really say it's done.

Jim Courier

Unbelievable, yet, what else could it be?

Jim Courier

Flying has opened up new horizons for tennis.

Jim Courier

Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.

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.

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.

David Newman

There's no predictability in tennis. Tennis has no time limits.

Rafael Nadal

I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.

Rafael Nadal

What distinguishes tennis is respect for one's opponent, one's conduct on the court.

Rafael Nadal

Losing is not my enemy..fear of losing is my enemy.

Nicolas Massu

I'd rather be No. 2 in Chile and No. 1 in the world.

Monica Seles

I did realize more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business.

Monica Seles

Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be.

Monica Seles

As you know, I was one of the original grunters. But Jimmy Connors used to grunt way before I was born. I never knew I was grunting, it was just part of my strokes.

Monica Seles

I never knew I was grunting, it was just part of my strokes.

Monica Seles

I'm about the present.

Monica Seles

Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it.

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.

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.

Lilly Pulitzer

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