Tennis Quotes
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Tennis: the most perfect combination of athleticism, artistry, power, style, and wit. A beautiful game, but one so remorselessly travestied by the passage of time.
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When I've written episodes of 'Doctor Who', when it comes to the monster chasing somebody, it's the Doctor and the companion, running down the corridor, being chased by a guy with a stick and a tennis ball on the end. Whereas, when I see the rushes of 'Being Human', we're actually looking at the werewolf, and it just looks real.
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I don't do a huge amount of physical activity. I play tennis, I work out sporadically, and I eat well and take care of myself.
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I did realize more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business.
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I'm convinced being a tennis analyst is the easiest job in the world.
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Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody.
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I cycle, I take an hour's strenuous walk in the evening, I play tennis twice a week with a trainer, and I sail. I used to ride horses professionally - I'd ride seven or eight horses a day, so I had to be fit for that.
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I walk, and I play tennis, but mainly I watch what I eat. I eat all the things that I love, including cake. Cake is very important to me. But it's all about the size of the slice!
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I get my drive and determination from just winning and playing tennis. I know if I don't work, I won't get rewarded. It was a life long dream to win a Grand Slam so when I was able to do that it felt so good and I wanted to do it again. It's not that hard to stay motivated.
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When I committed to playing a little tennis in some exhibitions, it was the best thing for me. It got me in shape. It got me out of the house. It got me doing something I love to do.
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I get up at 4:30 A.M. pretty much every morning during the week. I work out for an hour and a half. I do weights and I ride the bike, I run or I play tennis. It's my release.
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Serena Williams is the greatest tennis player of all time, the greatest female athlete of all time, the greatest athlete of all time.
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You have to believe in the long term plan you have but you need the short term goals to motivate and inspire you.
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When I was 12, every little girl in Russia was trying to wear her hair like mine and playing tennis.
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Tennis doesn't owe me anything. Tennis is one of the fairest sports. It's given me so many extraordinary feelings.
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No matter what happens, tennis is still tennis: You can see a lot of great matches, a lot of new people.
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I used to be a columnist for 'Golf Monthly' and have contributed articles for national newspapers based on the humour that is in abundance in the game, which is more than can be said of tennis.
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Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.
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I think tennis is very different than most of the other sports when you have the opportunity to go pro. For me, it was pretty simple. Tennis was always an individual sport, and your direct results determined where you could go and what you could do.
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I was a tennis player in high school and college.
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I was so horrifically bad at tennis.
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If Davis Cup was a little bit less or once every two years, I would be more inclined to play. But the way it is now, it is too much tennis for me.
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I love tennis, love it!
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My mom told me to cover up my arms ever since I was little because I was muscular. She wanted me to be feminine, which did not come easy to me. My body was what it was, and I worked it to be a better tennis player.
