Bill Tilden Quotes

• Never change a winning game; always change a losing one.

  Bill Tilden

  Change, Winning, Games

  Quoted in Colin Jarman The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990).

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• Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater.

  Bill Tilden

  Sports, Art, Tennis

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• Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater. When I step on the court I feel like Anna Pavlova. Or like Adelina Patti. Or even like Sarah Bernhardt. I see the footlights in front of me. I hear the whisperings of the audience. I feel an icy shudder. Win or die! Now or never! It's the crisis of my life.

  Bill Tilden

  Sports, Art, Winning

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• To play mixed doubles: hit the girl whenever possible.

  Bill Tilden

  Girl, Play

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