Tennis Quotes
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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 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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It's that I have a good personality and am a good tennis player.
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I just wanted to play tennis. It wasn't a job. It was an ambition. I knew I could make money at it. I was 18 - old enough to think I could do it, young enough not to consider the consequences.
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China tennis - we're getting bigger and bigger.
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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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Southern California was for a long time the vineyard of tennis.
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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.
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I was political by coming out of the womb. I was gay, and I wanted to play tennis.
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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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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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Probably around 14, when I was finishing primary school. I'm coming from a pretty small city in Croatia, not too many options to train, not too many players. So I had to either choose to stay at home to do more school or move to Zagreb to the national training center. That was when I made decisions to do something better in tennis.
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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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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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If I make a change to a young kid to play any sport, not only tennis, instead of spending time in front of the TV or computer, that is good. I want to give them a good example: 'Hey, go out and play and see the world.'
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I admire Roger Federer, not only for his tennis but also for his personality.
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I don't want to live and die with every point that's being played out there now. I'm going to let my coach live and die with every point.
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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 really thought to myself, 'If I'm going to do anything in this world, I am going to be the best I can be.' I have a tennis coach that has taken me as far as my body can go. I hired a private skiing coach during my birthday week. I have a private yoga instructor. I just don't understand why you wouldn't give yourself every advantage.
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This was a special week and a special victory for me. I played some great tennis.
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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 don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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I hope wholeheartedly that badminton will be as popular and respected as tennis one day.
