Tennis Quotes
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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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China tennis - we're getting bigger and bigger.
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Wimbledon is getting a bit too like Royal Ascot. It's not what happens or who wins so much, as what clothes do I have on.
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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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I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.
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Isn't it funny - why is it called a tennis bracelet? It doesn't seem very tennis, does it?
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Tennis is more commercial these days.
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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 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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With everything else that would swirl around me when I got involved in it, tennis was my main concern.
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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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My audiences have given me lots of love as a tennis player. I hope they appreciate my passion for acting.
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I admire Roger Federer, not only for his tennis but also for his personality.
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Once you succeed in tennis, financially you become quite well off.
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A lot is yet to be enjoyed. I'd like to stomp grapes for wine. Go to Antarctica. Have dinner with Venus Williams who is the greatest tennis player ever.
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After being on the court for six hours, being on TV is very glamorous and fun for me. But tennis is always going to be my priority. It's not going to be this thing when all of a sudden TV will get in the way of that.
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I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.
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I've always loved playing tennis. When I was 12, my parents decided that I should try to do it seriously. My father started to travel with me, and as a family, we tried to make it work.
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I feel like my whole life only tennis.
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Unlike in my young days I'm not able to eat, drink and sleep tennis.
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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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If I didn't play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
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Ivan Lendl is a robot, a solitary, mechanical man who lives with his dogs behind towering walls at his estate in Connecticut. A man who so badly wants to have a more human image that he's having surgery to remove the bolts from his neck.
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Women have it better in tennis than any other sport, but you shouldn't push them to play more than they're capable of playing.
