Tennis Quotes - page 6

The facilities at that point in India were not up to international standards and the lack of tennis culture did make things more difficult. (Sania Mirza)
It's been 20 years since I started playing tennis and I've spent a decade playing singles and doubles professionally. I still enjoy singles and may play in an occasional tournament or at the Fed Cup if my country needs me. But I think the time has now come for me to completely shift my focus onto doubles. View quote
Sania Mirza
Six-year-old girls in a place like Hyderabad did not play; tennis was a recreation like badminton or gardening. So I draw inspiration from my parents. Steffi Graf has always been my tennis idol; always Steffi Graf. Just the way she was and the way she carried herself on the court and off the court. She does inspire me today. Everyone asks me "Who is your favorite tennis player?" And I always say "Steffi Graf." I just cannot imagine anyone being better than her, you know? I think a lot of people love Steffi Graf for the way she was on and off the court. View quote
Sania Mirza
Of all the sports I've seen, I think tennis is the most competitive sport in the world. Because we are playing week after week, 36 weeks a year competing against the same players over and over again. View quote
Sania Mirza
Tennis or finance or engineering or bartending ... this ‘simple' lesson bears repeating. ... Study! Study! Study! View quote
Tom Peters
Sometimes you're just happy playing. Some people, some media, unfortunately, don't understand that it's okay just to play tennis and enjoy it. They always think you have to win everything, it always needs to be a success story, and if it's not, obviously, what is the point? Maybe you have to go back and think, Why have I started playing tennis? Because I just like it. It's actually sort of a dream hobby that became somewhat of a job. Some people just don't get that, ever. View quote
Roger Federer
My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels. View quote
Roger Federer
For me Roger is the greatest player ever who played the tennis game. It's always good to see him play and win and we are going to see so much more of Federer in the future; he is going to win more grand slam tournaments. View quote
Roger Federer
Maybe Roger Federer will rescue tennis. He plays like we did in the past. View quote
Roger Federer
Roger Federer is the most talented tennis player I have ever seen. He has the capacity to become the greatest in history. View quote
Roger Federer
Oh, I would be honoured to even be compared to Roger. He has such an unbelievable talent, and is capable of anything. Roger could be the greatest tennis player of all time. (Roger Federer)
When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis. View quote
Roger Federer
To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost. View quote
Chris Evert
Relationships are give-and-take, and when you're a tennis player, you're certainly not giving. You have to be self-absorbed. It has to be about you. View quote
Chris Evert
The Human Species could have been great but instead we became satisfied with lights on our tennis shoes. View quote
George Carlin
I have been taking stock of my 50 years since I left Wichita. How I have existed fills me with horror for I failed in everything. Spelling, arithmetic, writing, swimming, tennis, golf, dancing, singing, acting, wife, mistress, whore, friend, even cooking. And I do not excuse myself with the usual escape of not trying. I tried with all my heart. View quote
Louise Brooks
I've given offense by saying I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down. View quote
Robert Frost
I was a very good tennis player in Ottawa, Canada - nationally ranked when I was, like, 13. Then I moved to Los Angeles when I was 15, and everyone in L.A. just killed me. I was pretty great in Canada. Not so much in Los Angeles. View quote
Matthew Perry (actor)
Being a mom is my number one job. My son [Nayib, 27] lives in Los Angeles and he has his own company where he works on music and film projects, but he calls me every day. Emily [who is 12] is very athletic; she plays tennis and basketball. I love going to her games. If she needs help with her home work, I'll sit with her. She also is very musical -- she writes poetry and plays the guitar. I always tell both my kids, "Find what makes you happy. The money will come regardless of what you do, and more or less of it is not going to be what makes you happy. Spending hours at something you enjoy will." View quote
Gloria Estefan
He was a tennis icon but when he won the French Open I wasn't even born, I'm from a generation that knows him as a singer. View quote
Gilles Simon
And it was where I learned how to play tennis and eventually became captain of the tennis team at the school and was on the Junior Davis Cup in New York City. (Sanford Weill)
You don't need to know who's playing on the White House tennis court to be a good president. View quote
James Baker
Now this is very funny because my brother's name is Michael Chang, I go in for interviews or just talk to people and they say, "so what does your brother do?" I say he plays tennis and they automatically assume that he is Michael Chang, the tennis player, and I don't say anything. View quote
Sarah Chang
I think Pringles' initial intention was to make tennis balls. But on the day that the rubber was supposed to show up, a big truckload of potatoes arrived. But Pringles was a laid-back company. They said Fk it. Cut 'em up. View quote
Mitch Hedberg
why do male nudists wear towels to play tennis? View quote
Vivian Stanshall