Quotes on the topic: Tennis


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A lot of the players are very complimentary about each other; they embrace at the end of matches because the level of the tennis has been so good. I think that's something that tennis has got to be proud of.


I often find that pundits are quite negative... not just in tennis, but in sport in general. I just don't like that. Obviously, the job of a pundit is to create interest and a bit of controversy. I get that. Listeners like that. But I do think there's a duty there to promote the sport and talk about how good these people are at what they do.


Earlier in my career, I used to spend a lot of time practising my tennis on court. Now I've learned that it's better to do just a couple of hours on court and two gym sessions a day. That's what's made me fitter and stronger.


Well, my mum's been a tennis coach - she coached me till I was 12.


There is a fear of emotion in tennis.


Everything in tennis is so neat and nice but boxing has sport down to its essence; it is very pure and I like that.


Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for.


You are always talking about yourself and tennis and how you are feeling. I try to avoid it when I don't have to.


I've been asked a lot lately if tennis is clean or not. I don't know any more how you judge whether a sport is clean. If one in 100 players is doping, in my eyes that isn't a clean sport.


Tennis is an individual sport, and I am quite a self-conscious person.


I'm the Bjorn Boerg of table tennis.


In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach.


Later, I discovered there was a lot of work to being good in tennis.


I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.


I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis.


My father actually moved out from Chicago just so he could play tennis 365 days a year, so it was - it was a place we played every day. We played before school. We played after school. We woke up. We played tennis. We brushed our teeth in that order.


First of all, let me say, 1:15 in the morning, for 20,000 people to still be here, I wasn't the winner, tennis was. That's awesome. I don't know if I've ever felt so good here before.


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.


But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was hitting with all the pros that would come to town. They would get me on the court or take notice and that stayed with me.


I do play tennis, but I don't really like competition. I'm supposed to be so intense, but I hate competition.