Funny Tennis Quotes

Actually, I tossed it nicely, landed nicely, like airplane. No warning, beautiful. That's the art of throwing racquets.

Goran Ivanisevic

Beautiful, Art, Airplane

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The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall.

Mitch Hedberg

Funny, Depressing, Wall

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These ball boys are marvellous. You don't even notice them. There's a left handed one over there. I noticed him earlier .

Max Robertson

Boys, Tennis, Balls

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Ladies, here's a hint. If you're up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That's the hardest shot for the well-endowed.

Billie Jean King

Girl, Tennis, Hints

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We haven't had any more rain since it stopped raining.

Harry Carpenter

Rain, Tennis, Havens

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In tennis the addict moves about a hard rectangle and seeks to ambush a fuzzy ball with a modified snow-shoe.

Elliott Chaze

Moving, Shoes, Snow

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Zivojinovic seems to be able to pull the big bullet out of the top drawer

Mike Ingham

Bullets, Able, Bigs

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I hate to lose more than I love to win.

Jimmy Connors

Hate, Winning, Tennis

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The serve was invented so that the net could play.

Bill Cosby

Play, Tennis, Inspirational Tennis

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An otherwise happily married couple may turn a mixed doubles game into a scene from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.

Rod Laver

Couple, Virginia, Games

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The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.

Martina Navratilova

Inspirational, Commitment, Pigs

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I'll let the racket do the talking.

John McEnroe

Funny, Sports, Volleyball

The Times (London), June 26, 1984.

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McEnroe has got to sit down and work out where he stands.

Fred Perry

Athlete, Work Out, Down And

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It's one-on-one out there, man. There ain't no hiding. I can't pass the ball.

Pete Sampras

Men, Tennis, Balls

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The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself.

Goran Ivanisevic

Boys, Umpires, Play

"The Joy of Six: great Wimbledon finals" by Scott Murray, Paul Doyle, Jacob Steinberg, www.theguardian.com. July 5, 2013.

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What rivalry? I win all the matches.

Martina Hingis

Winning, Tennis, Rivalry

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It's quite clear that Virginia Wade is thriving on the pressure now that the pressure on her to do well is off .

Harry Carpenter

Virginia, Tennis, Wade

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The Gullikson twins here. An interesting pair, both from Wisconsin.

Dan Maskell

Interesting, Tennis, Wisconsin

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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.

Hugo Black

Funny, Sports, Humor

Quoted in Think, Feb. 1963

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Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.

Billie Jean King

Sports, Perfect, Tennis

"The Mammoth Book of Comic Quotes" by Geoff Tibballs, (p. 593), 2004.

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Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified.

Virginia Graham

Games, Tennis, Luck

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It's a lot of bling to play with. You got to have the bling.

Serena Williams

Play, Bling

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When Martina is tense it helps her relax.

Dan Maskell

Tennis, Relax, Helping

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If she gets the jitters now, then she isn't the great champion that she is.

Max Robertson

Tennis, Champion, Jitters

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Tennis was never work for me, tennis was fun. And the tougher the battle and the longer the match, the more fun I had.

Jimmy Connors

Fun, Tennis, Battle

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