Tennis Quotes
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That's my every day: putting things aside and going out there and have two hours of concentration of tennis.
Garbine Muguruza
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Even if I play backgammon with my coach, I hate to lose. I won't talk to him for, like, an hour. So imagine how it feels when you lose at tennis. That makes me determined not to lose because I hate it so much. Even at a set down and match point, I always believe I can come back.
Ana Ivanovic
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When you're tired, you say, 'Hey, I need to rest from tennis or something.'
Garbine Muguruza
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If I didn't love tennis, I wouldn't be playing. That's also why I don't know how long I will be playing because if I start feeling like this is not what I want to do anymore, that there's not really any reason anymore.
Caroline Wozniacki
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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.
Roger Federer
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If I didn't play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.
Arthur Ashe
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We look for opportunities to play together including basketball, tennis, swimming, riding bikes and touch football. I try to provide a loving environment where we can play. I think that's good on so many levels - emotionally, for family interactions and, of course, physically.
Alan Thicke
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As tennis players, you are never satisfied. We are greedy as players, always want better results.
Sania Mirza
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Strangely, although they may seem worlds apart, boxing and tennis have a certain kinship. Two individuals head-to-head, probing for weakness and attacking it. Footwork, timing and stamina are essential. Just you and your opponent until one of you is beaten. There's no brain damage in tennis - although sometimes I wonder.
Bud Collins
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Tennis is best of three sets, so even if I lose the first set, I still have a chance.
Li Na
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My priority is always playing tennis and practising and doing my schedule with my tennis.
Angelique Kerber
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Tennis has given me this wonderful life and I'm very grateful for it.
Maria Sharapova
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My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
Roger Federer
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It's so much nicer to be able to do your job with someone who's helping you, and you're helping them. Then, it becomes a tennis match where you're hitting the ball back and forth, and you're a team.
Aneurin Barnard
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Well, they don't talk to me very much," I said. "You see, they're all grown up, and they have grown-up games like whist and lawn tennis, and talking, you know, just for the sake of talking" (this seemed a strange pursuit to me).
Leslie Poles Hartley
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I'm slightly influenced by sport in that I like the idea of trying, like an athlete, to keep absolutely ready. That's an emotional thing, almost. I don't mean physically, although I play tennis. But you try to keep yourself ready.
Colm Toibin
