Tennis Quotes
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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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When I don't enjoy it anymore, I'll stop. But I think as long as people want me to be where the action is, I'll be there. I just love to play tennis.
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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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Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be.
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If the English language had been properly organized ... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis', which would save a lot of trouble.
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A tennis racket lurks in my earliest memories like a sick relative who had come to live with us. When I look at my baby pictures, there it is, resting in my crib in the place of a rattle or chew toy.
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Unlike in my young days I'm not able to eat, drink and sleep tennis.
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I hope wholeheartedly that badminton will be as popular and respected as tennis one day.
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What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well.
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It's true I always try to be as seductive as possible but I wouldn't be here if I couldn't play 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've been playing tennis, and just whatever sport is in front of me I will do.
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Tennis is more commercial these days.
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My mom, she's from Ireland, coached tennis in Nigeria when she was a missionary and turned me on to it when I was young.
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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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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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You don't need to know who's playing on the White House tennis court to be a good president.
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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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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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The week before the (US Open) I gave a few interviews for CNN, USA Network, New York Times, USA Today and Sports Illustrated which had been arranged beforehand. The reason for giving these interviews is not only because working with the media is just part of the job, it is much more my desire to contribute to the promotion of tennis in the U.S.
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Tennis, imprisoned within fixed boundaries, a patch of an acre, a green rectangle, tries the human soul. A tennis court is like a coffin, only larger.
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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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Onstage, you just have to tell the absolute truth about the character you are playing. You hope you communicate it, and you hope it comes back like a tennis ball. If you're listening to the sound of your own voice, nobody else is. The audience knows, and they freeze on you.
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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.
