Tennis Quotes
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In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf. I played three rounds in that Tahoe event, and I was drained. Mentally, not physically.
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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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Never steal anything so small that you'll have to go to an unpleasant city jail for it instead of a minimum-security federal tennis prison.
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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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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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It's tough when you're No. 1. You don't have any private life, you can't even walk anywhere. I think that was one reason why I lost my motivation to play 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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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've been playing tennis, and just whatever sport is in front of me I will do.
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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.
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I have found - and tennis may be the greatest manifestation of it - Americans have become more international in taste. Remember the old axiom that you have to have American players for Americans to be interested? And in tennis, it's just not true anymore.
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There is this brutal side to tennis. It was invented as a game for kings and cardinals and people with a lot of power who didn't have to share the field with other players.
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When I started to play, all the coaches said it didn't make sense for me to try to play tennis because I was too small. They said I would never make it. But this was something that motivated me. I really wanted to make it.
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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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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 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.
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I don't think the tennis tour is the place to have friends
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I'd love to see all the guys play their best because I think it's better for tennis.
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To be honest, everything in my life outside of tennis is great. I'm doing amazing projects that, if I didn't have time off, I wouldn't be able to focus on.
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I believe India has multi-talented people, so I have also embarked on my journey as an actor. I don't need to be a celebrity, since tennis has already given fame to me.
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The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall.
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You don't need to know who's playing on the White House tennis court to be a good president.
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Tennis is interesting because the women are almost more popular than the men. In the U.S. Open, women even get exactly the same money as the men.
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Sport doesn't know barriers, really. You are judged on your performance... how far you can jump, how fast you can run, how well you can hit a tennis ball.
