Tennis Quotes - page 13

I chose to stay with tennis and they didn't understand that at the school. (John Newcombe)
As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that. View quote
Jonathan Ames
Maybe I was accepted to Harvard only because of my tennis skills, since I definitively had no great academic achievements. I was 17 and only thought about surfing and playing tennis. I had almost never left Rio de Janeiro and had never been to the United States. View quote
Jorge Paulo Lemann
When I'm in L.A., I try to run the canyons or play tennis with friends a few times a week. I've tried working out with a trainer and going to the gym, but I'd just much rather be outside. View quote
Julia Jones
My personal style is really comfy: flats, tennis shoes, ponytails, no makeup. View quote
Kristin Bauer van Straten
Tennis is best of three sets, so even if I lose the first set, I still have a chance. View quote
Li Na
China tennis - we're getting bigger and bigger. View quote
Li Na
I felt sad because everyday I had to wake up early to practice before going to school. After school I had to go back to tennis again, and then after tennis I had homework. I didn't have time to play. View quote
Li Na
I feel like my whole life only tennis. View quote
Li Na
I've played too many tennis hours. View quote
Lindsay Davenport
In the history of women's tennis the great players have come back from long absences with no problems. (Lindsay Davenport)
I've been athletic since I was a kid. My parents got me playing tennis when I was seven years old and I started to play competitively. View quote
Lisa Rinna
There are people who love you and people who hate you, but for me, more so, people only think they know me by how I act or perform on a tennis court. View quote
Lleyton Hewitt
I'm not to eager to play tennis in my spare time. I'm more interested in doing gym work and stuff like that. We have a lot of schools and courts around where I live, so if I really want to play I don't need to go too far. View quote
Lleyton Hewitt
Tennis players go into a press conference, and almost every one of them is the same. We do very little differently on a day-to-day basis. View quote
Lleyton Hewitt
I don't have too much spare time, but I try to play games as much as possible. I played a little growing up, but I never played any tennis games before. View quote
Lleyton Hewitt
I'm more in that Rafa Nadal high-energy high-octane mold out there. I wear that emotion on the court. That's how I play my best tennis. People either like that or not. And I can't change that: that's who I am on a tennis court. View quote
Lleyton Hewitt
You're the only one in control over your golf ball. It's not like tennis: you're hitting a shot and somebody's hitting it back at you. View quote
Lee Westwood
Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at. View quote
Maggie Grace
I think that tennis has been in a place for many years without any change. Davis Cup and Fed Cup has always been a very exciting platform for players because it is such an individual sport, and we get to play a team competition. We love being part of a team. View quote
Mahesh Bhupathi
Wimbledon 2014 will be my last slam. To be honest, I am already starting to miss professional tennis, having played at the highest level for two decades. It is what has given me my identity, and I will miss every bit of the action. The thought that I will not be playing anymore is daunting. (Mahesh Bhupathi)
No matter what happens, tennis is still tennis: You can see a lot of great matches, a lot of new people. View quote
Marat Safin
My mother said I would have more chances to become a tennis player than a football player. View quote
Marat Safin
I love tennis, but I just don't like grass. View quote
Marat Safin
Team sports, there's always some kind of sacrifice happening... A team, if we lose, if Michael Jordan has a bad night, you hang it on him a little bit... but if you lose as a tennis player, you have no one to blame but yourself, and that's a different beast. View quote
Marc Blucas