Motivational Tennis Quotes - Page 3

• I play each point like my life depends on it.

  Rafael Nadal

  Play, Tennis, Depends

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• If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment.

  Chris Evert

  Winning, Accomplishment, Tennis

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• I remember as a kid, I was improvising and making little trophies out of different materials and going in front of the mirror, lifting the trophies and saying 'Nole was the champion!'

  Novak Djokovic

  Kids, Mirrors, Tennis

  "Visualizing greatness: How Novak Djokovic rose to the top" by Matthew Knight, edition.cnn.com. January 28, 2013.

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• The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.

  Pete Sampras

  Sports, Player, Differences

  Buography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You have to find it. No one else can find it for you.

  Bjorn Borg

  Sports, Motivational Sports, Tennis

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• That's when you've got to grit your teeth and hang in there and try and find a way to win when you're not playing your best tennis - that's what I can be proud of

  Lleyton Hewitt

  Winning, Tennis, Trying

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• You live during the match, and you have strong emotions, but you don't want to get too overexcited. My body's totally flat now. I cannot move anymore. I'm totally exhausted, just because of the tension out there.

  Roger Federer

  Sports, Strong, Moving

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• If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.

  Chris Evert

  Life, Sports, Attitude

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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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• This time last year I would have said Federer would beat Sampras's record. Now I'm not so sure. His aura has gone. He's not as dominant as he was, and since I beat him in Australia he's looked frustrated. Players are beginning to challenge him now, especially myself and Rafa. He's got 12 Grand Slams to his name and maybe he will beat Sampras, but now I'm here it will be tough for him.

  Novak Djokovic

  Player, Years, Names

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• You've just got to get over that mental hurdle and those battles in your own head during matches when things aren't going so well. It takes time. It's probably all things I already knew, but for someone to talk about it maybe in a different way makes you realise things.

  Samantha Stosur

  Tennis, Battle, Different

  "Samantha Stosur Recaps Her 2011 U.S. Open Title Run". Interview with Long Island Tennis Magazine, longislandtennismagazine.com. September 12,2011.

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• Both Arthur Ashe and Billie Jean King used these phrases ("playing out of one's mind," or "over one's head") to describe their performances while winning tghe finals at Wimbledon in 1975. . . . The player loses himself in the action, continually breaki g the false limits placed on is potential. Awareness becomes acutely heightened, while analysis, anxiety and self-conscious thought are compoletly forgotten. Enjoyment is at a peak - pure and unspoiled.

  Timothy Gallwey

  Kings, Player, Winning

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• You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.

  Chris Evert

  Motivational, Inspiring, Sports

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