Tennis Quotes - Page 21

• I've always said I'm a good horse but I'm still an underdog.

  Martina Hingis

  Horse, Underdog, Said

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• Tim Henman, I guess, is sitting in the locker room, pacing up and down.

  John Inverdale

  Sitting, Lockers, Rooms

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• She [Dokic] left the court with a face as long as thunder.

  John Inverdale

  Long, Faces, Thunder

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• Andre Sa is playing close to his potential - maybe even above it.

  Boris Becker

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• It's been predictable, in the sense of 'expect the unexpected'.

  John McEnroe

  Unexpected, Predictable

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• Tennis is a funny game; unbelievable highs and the lows are just as low.

  John McEnroe

  Games, Lows, Unbelievable

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• Obviously, like Wembley is synonymous with tennis, snooker is synonymous with Sheffield.

  Richard Caborn

  Sheffield, Snooker

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• Henman and Coria have met three times in the past and they've won one apiece.

  Annabel Croft

  Past, Three, Mets

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• My serve has killed a small dog ... I'm joking, I'm joking! The dog was huge!

  Andy Roddick

  Dog, Small Dogs, Huge

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• I don't know if Wimbledon's seen anything like it. I don't know if they will again. But it was just - it was electric. The Aussie crowd, I'm really proud of them, the way they conducted themselves. You know they're great losers, as well.

  Patrick Rafter

  Crowds, Proud, Wimbledon

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

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• I felt tight from the beginning of the match to the end. I couldn't relax.

  Elena Vesnina

  Relax, Ends, Felt

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• Tennis is all about mental toughness, and you have to keep your head in the game. I make time to relax away from competition pressures, travel and intense training schedules to make sure I'm looking after myself. Taking time out with family and friends helps to maintain the work-life balance everyone needs.

  Samantha Stosur

  Games, Intense Training, Competition

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• When you have confidence, you can do anything.

  Sloane Stephens

  Have Confidence, Can Do

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• Good music just makes me happy and keeps me from getting distracted.

  Sloane Stephens

  Make Me Happy, Distracted

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• When I'm down or maybe when it's close in the match, I feel like I'm still in it. I don't feel like I'm letting down. Mentally, I'm still really, really tough.

  Maria Sharapova

  Tough, Feels, Stills

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• I'm about the present.

  Monica Seles

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• That's the key to success, isn't it? It has to be fun.

  Monica Seles

  Success, Sports, Fun

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• After I went through two years of not winning an event, what kept me going was winning one more major. Once I won that last U.S. Open, I spent the next six months trying to figure out what was next. Slowly my passion for the sport just vanished. I had nothing left to prove.

  Pete Sampras

  Sports, Passion, Winning

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

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• There is no relief at it being over. There is the joy of winning it.

  Steffi Graf

  Success, Winning, Joy

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• A champion is suppose to hate to lose, and it wasn't like I was ever crazy about the idea. But I learned to deal with losing without having my spirit or confidence broken, which would help immensely over time, not just in the big picture but even in specific matches when I found myself in a jam. Fear of losing is a terrible thing.

  Pete Sampras

  Hate, Crazy, Ideas

  Pete Sampras, Peter Bodo (2008). “A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis”, p.25, Crown Archetype

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• Choking is being in a position to win, and then experiencing some critical failure of nerve or spirit. That never happened to me. And I can't help but think it was because I was never afraid to lose.

  Pete Sampras

  Winning, Thinking, Nerves

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• I always felt tennis and winning was a byproduct of doing everything right.

  Andre Agassi

  Success, Winning, Felt

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• By putting pressure on myself to develop a great game, I had less pressure to win. These days, I tell kids that the way I grew up, it wasn't about winning. It was about playing well, about playing the "right" way. That approach helped me enjoy the game and develop mine to its maximum potential.

  Pete Sampras

  Success, Sports, Kids

  Pete Sampras, Peter Bodo (2008). “A Champion's Mind: Lessons from a Life in Tennis”, p.25, Crown Archetype

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• Our behaviour as an athlete is often determined by our previous experiences and how we dealt with those experiences. It is these experiences from past performances that can often shape what will happen in the future. It is for this reason that you learn and move on to be more mentally stronger as both an athlete and as a human!

  David Horne

  Moving, Athlete, Past

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• Staying interested in a match is a lot harder than many people think. Throughout my career, I've always had trouble in the early rounds of a tournament mainly because it was hard for me to psychologically get up until I got to the quarters or the semis. What happened a lot of times is that I would fall behind early, maybe even lose the first couple of sets in a five-set match and then begin to concentrate. Still it wasn't something I could control from the start.

  Rod Laver

  Couple, Fall, Thinking

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