Tennis Quotes
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Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.
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I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.
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It is a time for women's tennis to return to the light, as it were, and be on a par with men's tennis, which is at a very high level.
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When I reached America, there was so much space and colour. The possibilities seemed endless. At least that's how I felt at 18. But of course, I didn't have to take the usual immigrant route of battling to find a job and a home in a strange country. I could play tennis. I spoke the language, and I was making money. It was easy, really.
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I would like to see it go back to the wood racquets. To see the touch put back in tennis.
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I am very athletic and like to play tennis, run, hike, and work out with my trainer. I also enjoy traveling, and given that it's a part of my job, I get to do it a lot.
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In the pros, tennis is all about individuals. In college, it's getting individuals to make points for the team.
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Gender is irrelevant. Certainly the tennis ball doesn't know what the gender was of the tennis coach.
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I grew up on the tennis court with lots of other kids. There were like 40 kids all afternoon and I was one of the youngest ones, so I always had to chase everybody to keep up.
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Tennis is more commercial these days.
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I think people have this love-hate relationship with tennis. I also feel like that.
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Why don't they go back to wood racquets? Then we would see the best tennis to be played.
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I play golf, but sometimes it's so un-relaxing, I have to play tennis to wind down. Now that I think about it, this process is sort of like when I go out for sushi and have to get a slice of pizza afterward.
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I was just another long-haired teenage kid with visions of grandeur, strumming a tennis racket or a broom in front of his bedroom mirror.
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When I came on the tour, I thought, 'Why don't they treat tennis players the same way they look at football players?' Because I've got news for you: when they are on the pitch, they are not saying, 'Hello, how are you?' out there.
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Tennis was always sort of a - a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself. And the things that I sort of discovered at times I not only didn't want to see it for myself but I certainly didn't want millions of people to see it.
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Each weekend I play at least one and maybe two sets of tennis a day. My doubles team was in the finals recently at my tennis club in Palm Beach and lost a tiebreaker after a three-hour match. I must confess, by the end of the three hours, I was relieved it was over.
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I used to travel in tennis shoes; I am just not allowed to anymore. I'm an old hippie from San Francisco.
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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.
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I could not control my tennis. I'm defending my country. It's a different situation. You're not playing for yourself. There's so many people behind you and you think you're disappointing them.
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I don't think the tennis tour is the place to have friends
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Tennis is seen all around the world; if I am home or anywhere in the country, United States, people will stare.
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I grew up in the 1950s at the beginning of rock n' roll, and would strum a tennis racket in front of the mirror.
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I'm not the savior of men's tennis in America. I'm just a kid trying to win a few matches.
