Tennis Quotes

• I fear no one, but respect everyone.

  Roger Federer

  Fear No One

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  You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

  Arthur Ashe

  Life, Motivation, Winning

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• Losing is not my enemy..fear of losing is my enemy.

  Rafael Nadal

  Enemy, Losing, Motivational Tennis

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• Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.

  Arthur Ashe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work

  Andre Agassi

  Hard Work, Grind, Substitutes

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• What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.

  Andre Agassi

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Sports

  Twitter post from Jan 25, 2016

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• Greatest thing in life: Winning a tennis match. Second greatest thing in life: Losing a tennis match

  Jimmy Connors

  Winning, Things In Life, Losing

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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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• Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.

  Arthur Ashe

  Softball, Confidence, Winning

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• What a polite game tennis is. The chief word in it seems to be "sorry" and admiration of each other's play crosses the net as frequently as the ball.

  James M. Barrie

  Sorry, Games, Play

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

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• I never look back, I look forward.

  Steffi Graf

  Past, Looks, Motivational Tennis

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• Tennis was always sort of a - a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself.

  Andre Agassi

  Vehicle

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• If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

  Andre Agassi

  Motivational Sports, Winning, Practice

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• Just go out there and do what you've got to do.

  Martina Navratilova

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Running

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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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• Equipment's the biggest change. And the guys have been getting bigger, stronger, more athletic - so the game has become more of a track meet instead of a tennis match, in a sense.

  John McEnroe

  Games, Track, Guy

  "Why Does America Suck at Tennis?". Interview with Daniel Riley, www.gq.com. August 29, 2011.

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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, Atmosphere

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

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• Golfers are forever working on mechanics. My tennis swing hasn't changed in 10 years.

  Pete Sampras

  Sports, Swings, Years

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as their weapons.

  Yannick Noah

  Two, Arena, Weapons

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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, Luck, Hell

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  One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

  Arthur Ashe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Tennis belongs to the individualistic past - a hero, or at most a pair of friends or lovers, against the world.

  Jacques Barzun

  Hero, Past, World

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

  Andy Murray

  Knowing, Opponents, Tennis Player

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well.

  John McEnroe

  Stay Strong, Winning, Champion

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• You don't think people would go on about my looks if I was No. 500 in the world instead of No.12, do you? Anyway, as I keep telling everyone, you can't blame me for looking like this on purpose

  Anna Kournikova

  Sports, Thinking, People

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