Tennis Quotes
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One day my dad would say, 'OK, if you want to play tennis I can help you out.' And that's how it started. And I had a goal. I wanted to beat my mom first. And my parents and my brother. And that was the ultimate goal.
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Tennis is my job, but it's not my life.
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I thought about tennis. But the more I thought about the whole thing - lessons, equipment, going to the courts - I said screw it, I'm just going to go buy a pair of sneakers and go running.
Biz Stone -
I think I've always had a decent perspective on wins and losses on the tennis court.
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If we push for the children to know tennis, they have the chance to like it.
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I fear no one, but respect everyone.
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I have finally mastered what to do with the second tennis ball. Having small hands, I was becoming terribly self-conscious about keeping it in a can in the car while I served the first one. I noted some women tucked the second ball just inside the elastic leg of their tennis panties. I tried, but found the space already occupied by a leg. Now, I simply drop the second ball down my cleavage, giving me a chest that often stuns my opponent throughout an entire set.
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When I was 40, my doctor advised me that a man in his 40s shouldn't play tennis. I heeded his advice carefully and could hardly wait until I reached 50 to start again.
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You don't just have to be skilled and talented at tennis, but you have to be so physically strong.
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I figure J-Lo does all these movies and all these videos and all this other stuff...I know I can play tennis and act and do photo shoots and model. I know I can do all that.
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I don't mind fans coming up in a friendly, respectful way. That's all part of the fun of being a top tennis player. But if people take pictures without permission, particularly if my children are in the shot, I feel uncomfortable.
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When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.
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Acting with Denzel is like playing tennis with someone that's better than you. You either play better tennis or get blown off the court.
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There are people who live, breathe and dress tennis.
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I talked with Tom Hanks. I saw that movie 'Turner and Hooch' at least 50 times. It took all my guts to go up to him. I went up to him, I was like, 'Can I have a picture?' We talked acting; he wanted to know what I was doing. We talked a little tennis. I mean, he knew all about myself and my sister.
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A good thing is I've been playing tennis I think every day for the last two months. I really haven't had a day off. I've been doing things that I did used to do.
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I stumbled into tennis.
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I love tennis more than designing because it's actually easier and I don't get nearly as nervous.
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I don't want to end my career and then start something. I like to do something while my career is still hot and I've always enjoyed designing.
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The Williams girls compete extremely hard on court because they hate losing - it's just that they haven't played an awful lot of tennis over the years.
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I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour.
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I never close my mind to anything and eventually want to branch out. But for now, tennis is still number one for me.
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I was aware of how incredible the match was. Unfortunately there had to be a winner. From my point of view many left feeling sorry for me instead of being happy for Rafa. Which hurts.
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Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it.
