Tennis Quotes - Page 15

• It means everything, definitely. I mean, it's Wimbledon. Tennis here is tennis history. Centre Court is always great to play on. I really feel like I'm at home. I was really up and down after my title here in 2011, but I still worked hard and believed in myself, and my team believed in me as well.

  Petra Kvitova

  Team, Mean, Home

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• I Pray That A Tennis Player Should Emerge From Ranchi As MS Dhoni Emerged For Cricket

  Sania Mirza

  Epic, Player, Ms Dhoni

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• I decided to play tennis not because I wanted to be a professional player, but because my parents wanted me to get involved in something so I wouldnt be running around the streets in Serbia.

  Jelena Jankovic

  Running, Player, Parent

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• I don't think the tennis tour is the place to have friends

  Eugenie Bouchard

  Thinking

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• I know China are very good in table tennis. Let me see what happens in tennis. I am pretty happy with the way I am playing.

  Anastasia Myskina

  Tables, Way, China

  "Henin-Hardenne survives in Qatar", cnn.com. March 3, 2004.

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• I love swimming, tennis, and I am taking up golf. I am not serious about it, I just go to the range and practice. Other than that, I enjoy going to the movies and hanging out with my friends.

  Mila Kunis

  Golf, Swimming, Practice

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• Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.

  Billie Jean King

  Life Lesson, Responsibility, Decision

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• I feel that tennis is an art form that is capable of moving the players and the audience - at least a knowledgeable audience-in almost sensual ways. When I'm performing at my absolute best, I think that some of the euphoria I feel must be transmitted to the audience.

  Billie Jean King

  Art, Moving, Player

  FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from Aug 09, 2010

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• Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.

  Billie Jean King

  Pressure, Privilege

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• I got picked on a lot. I was a complete geek in school. I had braces. I didn't have the hot girlfriend. I wasn't ever sought after. I was a stocky, awkward kid who got laughed off the tennis court when I tried that.

  Josh Brolin

  Girlfriend, Kids, School

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I love seeing tennis up close.

  Jim Parsons

  Seeing

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

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• Tennis's beauty's infinite roots are self-competitive. You compete with your own limits to transcend the self in imagination and execution. Disappear inside the game: break through limits: transcend: improve: win.

  David Foster

  Winning, Self, Break Through

  "I jest you not: how David Foster Wallace changed my life" by Matthew Hammett Knott, www.indiewire.com. January 17, 2012.

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• I can't really remember my life without movies... [Growing up in Hollywood] is no different really. I make movies the same way other kids play tennis or go to piano lessons. I'm trying to get better at what I want to do, just like other kids are trying to get better at what they want to do.

  Elle Fanning

  Growing Up, Kids, Play

  "Women in Hollywood 2012", www.elle.com. October 3, 2012.

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• I lived in Hollywood long enough to learn to play tennis and become a star, but I never felt it was my home. I was never looking for a home, as a matter of fact.

  Paulette Goddard

  Stars, Home, Play

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

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• Never give up. Take what life throws at you and throw it right back. If life keeps throwing then you have a tennis match going. Learn to like tennis.

  Glenn Ford

  Giving Up, Throwing, Ifs

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com. 2002.

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• I'm the girl who's like, 'Why wear heels when I can wear tennis shoes and be comfortable?' I've always been the girl who's like, 'Let's go play basketball.

  Kyla Pratt

  Basketball, Girl, Play

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• In corporate levels, it's all about tailoring your shirt and which tennis club you belong to and which watch you are wearing and what did you shoot last week?

  Ron Livingston

  Watches, Levels, Clubs

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The only way to quieten me is to invite me to a tennis match.

  John Forsythe

  Way, Invites

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• Acting is a sport, like a game of tennis, and you and your opponent take turns setting the level of play.

  Shawnee Smith

  Sports, Games, Play

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• Honestly, I could get in a car accident today and never play tennis again, and then I wouldn't have anything to fall back on. But fortunately enough, I do.

  Serena Williams

  Fall, Play, Car

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• I talked with Tom Hanks. I saw that movie 'Turner and Hooch' at least 50 times. It took all my guts to go up to him. I went up to him, I was like, 'Can I have a picture?' We talked acting; he wanted to know what I was doing. We talked a little tennis. I mean, he knew all about myself and my sister.

  Serena Williams

  Mean, Acting, Littles

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• I don't want to end my career and then start something. I like to do something while my career is still hot and I've always enjoyed designing.

  Serena Williams

  Fashion, Fun, Careers

  "Dixie Chick pregnant with twins; Love: 'I don't take drugs'; Diaz photog fights back". www.sfgate.com. November 5, 2003.

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• I figure J-Lo does all these movies and all these videos and all this other stuff...I know I can play tennis and act and do photo shoots and model. I know I can do all that.

  Serena Williams

  Play, Doe, Video

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• I used to, like, hit for a half hour and then go eat Cheetos the rest of the day, come out and drill forehands. Now I'm really trying to make it happen, being professional, really going for it, and I miss my Cheetos.

  Andy Roddick

  Missing, Trying, Going For It

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• I think the medical term for the injury is 'the bottom of my ass hurts.'

  Andy Roddick

  Hurt, Thinking, Medical

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