Virginia Wade Quotes

• It's only when it comes to crunch time that people's true character comes out.

  Virginia Wade

  Athlete, Character, People

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• It's difficult for most people to imagine the creative process in tennis. Seemingly it's just an athletic matter of hitting the ball consistently well within the boundaries of the court. That analysis is just as specious as thinking that the difficulty in portraying King Lear on stage is learning all the lines.

  Virginia Wade

  Kings, Thinking, People

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• Tennis is a fine balance between determination and tiredness.

  Virginia Wade

  Determination, Tennis, Balance

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• Winners aren't popular, losers often are.

  Virginia Wade

  Tennis, Loser, Winner

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• I always felt that I hadn't achieved what I wanted to achieve. I always felt I could get better. That's the whole incentive.

  Virginia Wade

  Achievement, Get Better, Incentives

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• When I am playing well I think I play such boring tennis.

  Virginia Wade

  Thinking, Play, Tennis

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• She [Monica Seles] has so much control of the racket with those double-handed wrists.

  Virginia Wade

  Tennis, Racket, Wrists

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• I don't make friends with the girls I'm playing against. It would be too painful to beat them.

  Virginia Wade

  Girl, Tennis, Would Be

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• At the end I couldn't hear what the Queen was saying to me. But it was just great to see her lips moving.

  Virginia Wade

  Queens, Moving, Tennis

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• Ann's got to take her nerve by the horns.

  Virginia Wade

  Tennis, Nerves, Horns

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• Chris Lloyd came out of the dressing room like a pistol.

  Virginia Wade

  Tennis, Pistols, Rooms

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• Martina, she's got several layers of steel out there like a cat with nine lives.

  Virginia Wade

  Cat, Tennis, Steel

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