Tennis Quotes - Page 13

• I've given offense by saying I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down.

  Robert Frost

  Writing, Play, Poetry

  In Edward Lathem 'Interviews with Robert Frost' (1966) p. 203

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• Ask any comedian, tennis player, chef. Timing is everything.

  Meg Rosoff

  Player, Comedian, Chef

  Meg Rosoff (2007). “Just in Case”, p.85, Penguin UK

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• The only number that would ever be enough is 0. Zero pounds, zero life, size zero, double-zero, zero point. Zero in tennis is love. I finally get it.

  Laurie Halse Anderson

  Zero, Numbers, Anorexia

  Laurie Halse Anderson (2014). “Wintergirls”, p.183, Scholastic UK

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• Do you play football?' Brandon asks. 'No.' 'Baseball?' 'Nope.' Brandon is on a roll and won't stop until he's found the answer he's looking for. 'Tennis?' 'That would be a nada' 'Then what sport do you play?' Carlos puts down his food. Oh, no. He's got a rebellious gleam in his eye as he says, 'The horizontal tango.' ...Alex stands and says through chlenched teeth, 'Carlos let's talk. In private. Ahora.' ....Brandon turns to my dad with big, innocent eyes. 'Daddy, do you know how to do the horizontal tango?

  Simone Elkeles

  Sports, Baseball, Football

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• You seem a lot like me," he said. "You don't gawk at me like I'm a freak." "I'll kick anyone who does." "I think you already did. Or at least smacked him with a tennis racket." -Alexander and Raven, Vampire Kisses, Pg.127, The Beginning

  Ellen Schreiber

  Kissing, Thinking, Ravens

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• The two dozen commonplace childhood photographs - snowsuit, pony, tennis racket, looming fender of a Dodge - were an inexhaustible source of wonder for him, at her having existed before he met her, and of sadness for his possessing nothing of the ten million minutes of that black-and-white scallop-edged existence save these few proofs.

  Michael Chabon

  Sadness, Black And White, Two

  "The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay". Book by Michael Chabon, September 19, 2000.

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• As the possibility of a relationship had faded, Emma had endeavored to harden herself to Dexter's indifference and these days a remark like this caused no more pain than, say, a tennis ball thrown sharply at the back of her head.

  David Nicholls

  Pain, Balls, Indifference

  David Nicholls (2009). “One Day”, p.60, Hachette UK

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• But it is impossible to enjoy a tennis game, a book, or a conversation unless attention is fully concentrated on the activity.

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

  Book, Games, Attention

  Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (2001). “Flow: the psychology of optimal experience”

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• Science fiction is a dialogue, a tennis match, in which the Idea is volleyed from one side of the net to the other. Ridiculous to say that someone 'stole' an idea: no, no, a thousand times no. The point is the volley, and how it's carried, and what statement is made by the answering 'statement.' In other words — if Burroughs initiates a time-gate and says it works randomly, and then Norton has time gates confounded with the Perilous Seat, the Siege Perilous of the Round Table, and locates it in a bar on a rainy night — do you see both the humor and the volley in the tennis match?

  C. J. Cherryh

  Night, Ideas, Bars

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• The answer to this riddle has a hole in the middle, And some have been known to fall in it. In tennis it's nothing, but it can be received, And sometimes a person may win it. Though not seen or heard it may be perceived, Like princes or bees it's in clover. The answer to this riddle has a hole in the middle, And without it one cannot start over.

  Trenton Lee Stewart

  Fall, Winning, Starting Over

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• He knew what the Beats know and what the great tennis player knows, son: learn to do nothing, with your whole head and body, and everything will be done by what's around you.

  David Foster Wallace

  Son, Player, Done

  David Foster Wallace (2011). “Infinite Jest”, p.117, Hachette UK

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• The tennis challenger starts strong but soon loses confidence in his playing. The champion racks up the games. But in the final set, when the challenger has nothing left to lose, he becomes relaxed again, insouciant, daring. Suddenly he's playing like the devil and the champion must work hard to get those last points.

  Yann Martel

  Strong, Hard Work, Games

  Yann Martel (2009). “Life of Pi”, p.149, Vintage Canada

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• Hornergy' is Zen's term for the indomitable athletic edge powered by sexual restraint. The basketball, baseball and football teams haven't had a winning season in years. The table-tennis team, however, is undefeated.

  Megan McCafferty

  Basketball, Baseball, Football

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• Tennis is the loneliest sport.

  Andre Agassi

  Sports

  "Celebrating 2,000 Shows on PBS". Interview, www.pbs.org. May 24, 2013.

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• Elizabeth studied the blurry tabloid photo, which showed her cousin Mary Stuart leaving a Paris disco at dawn, drunkenly clinging to the arm of a French tennis pro. The message was very clear. Put passion first and you end up neither loved nor respected.

  Barbara Taylor Bradford

  Love, Cousin, Passion

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• Thanks. For everything. I mean it.’ A slow grin edged onto his face. ‘You’re worth it…Princess.’ Her tennis show hit the door a second after it closed.

  Jana Oliver

  Princess, Mean, Doors

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• The roughest thing I ever said to an umpire was, 'Are you sure?'

  Rod Laver

  Umpires, Said, Motivational Tennis

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• He's a haircut and a forehand.

  Ivan Lendl

  Motivational Tennis, Haircuts

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• I think when you start to do well and get your confidence back, everything becomes more fun. When you're playing with not your full capacity of confidence, I think things get a little tough. I knew I could be doing better than what I was doing. Even though I was ranked 5 or 4 or whatever it was, I wanted to get back to the level I thought I could play at.

  Lindsay Davenport

  Fun, Thinking, Play

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• The ball is round, the game is long.

  Bjorn Borg

  Games, Long, Balls

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• You don't have to hate your opponents to beat them.

  Kim Clijsters

  Hate, Opponents, Beats

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• I felt better being in the background. That's the way I like it.

  Stefan Edberg

  Sports, Way, Backgrounds

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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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• All that proves is that most of the world is too poor to build bowling alleys, golf courses, tennis courts and baseball fields. There's hundreds of millions of poor people out there who still ain't got indoor plumbing, but that don't mean there's something great about an outhouse. Soccer is boring. I've never seen a more boring sport.

  Mike Royko

  Soccer, Sports, Baseball

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• If you screw things up in tennis, it's 15-love. If you screw up in boxing, it's your ass.

  Randall "Tex" Cobb

  Sports, Boxing, Screw Ups

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