Tennis Quotes
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I wanted to emulate my parents - Mum captained India in basketball, and Dad won a bronze in hockey in 1972 Olympics. My focus has always been to achieve excellence whether in the field of tennis, in the corporate field, in the art of acting or in motivating youngsters.
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I've never seen a good tennis movie. They all were terrible.
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Hollywood is a boys' club, and that's something I thought was a stereotype - and it's not. That really shocked me. Still shocks me. Everyone's helping their buddies out and pressing their buddies and playing tennis with their buddies and making movies with their buddies, and that grosses me out.
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Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified.
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I don't think I'm one of those guys who won't pick up a racket for three years...I love hitting tennis balls.
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I've been asked who I would pay to watch to play tennis, and Roger would be one of the few.
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My parents paid me small amounts for cleaning my room or cleaning the dishes and stuff, but I never really had a real job before I started on my professional tennis career.
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I work out a lot, but it changes day to day. I always start out with some cardio - either a jog, a bike ride, or footwork drills designed specifically for tennis movement. Then I do weights, but I switch the days: one day it's upper body, the next day it's lower body. Then I do stomach and back pretty much every day.
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I'd accomplished everything I had set out to do - winning the French and Australian Opens, the Olympic gold medal and the Davis Cup. So I said to myself: 'Why don't you try another year and see if you can enjoy your tennis like you did once?' And I've been doing it.
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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 in a lake in 'Love Actually', and I was attacked by some hideous aquatic beast and was rushed to the hospital by a man named Rafael! Something stung my elbow, and it blew up to the size of a tennis ball.
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A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn't have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible.
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So, yeah, Dad was right. Tennis was the way to go.
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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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They're building this new stadium for 23,000 people, which is too big for tennis. They've got their $90,000 boxes, which they can sell to people who don't care about money. But will there be room for kids? Will there be bleachers? You can't build tennis for fat cats. You have to interest new people.
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Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater.
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There's no home team in tennis, no built-in fan base, so the players have to step up and do their fair share.
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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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When I was 4 my mother got divorced and we were very close to each other. I always wanted to be with her. She took me everywhere. When she went for dinner with friends or when they had meetings at the tennis club, I was always there.
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I've been playing tennis, and just whatever sport is in front of me I will do.
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It's just nice to see people enthusiastic about their tennis and want to learn and improve - for me that's the most important thing - I still love my tennis.
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I dislike the gym, but I'll chase a tennis ball all day.
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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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There's no doubt there are issues with clay. Our issues have issues that are issues right now. That's not a secret.
