Tennis Quotes - Page 27

• Dating a tennis player is risky - love means nothing to us.

  Anna Kournikova

  Mean, Player, Dating

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• Tennis is such an individual and competitive sport, but it is great being part of a team and getting to know the girls outside of tennis - even though we are all competing for the same thing!

  Dominika Cibulkova

  Girl, Sports, Team

  "Q&A: Dominika Cibulkova on Xperia Hot Shots". Interview with Ellen J. Horrow, www.usatoday.com. March 20, 2011.

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• Tennis is for me joy, nothing less than that.

  Sabine Lisicki

  Joy

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• I do doubles on Monday and Thursday, take Wednesday off or do easy cardio, do doubles on Thursday and Friday, and the weekend I just get outside and get active - jog or bike ride, or play tennis with my mom.

  Mikaela Shiffrin

  Mom, Friday, Monday

  "How skier Mikaela Shiffrin conquered pull-ups, splotchy skin and more". Interview with Vidya Rao, www.today.com. January 11, 2014.

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• Id rather be able to play great tennis at a slam than make eight finals of little tournaments and then lose first round of a slam. That doesnt sound too good.

  Sloane Stephens

  Eight, Play, Sound

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• Always underdress. The goal is not to look as if you made an effort for the particular event. If you can dress for a different party (i.e., wear black tie to a cocktail party, or tennis clothes for lunch), so much the better. You give the impression of being much in demand.

  Lisa Birnbach

  Party, Lunch, Clothes

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• Why are there no great women artists?' sounds as ignorant of human geography as the query 'Why are there no Eskimo tennis teams?

  Francine du Plessix Gray

  Team, Artist, Ignorant

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• People don't ask Andre Agassi, 'You know you're the No. 1 tennis player in the world... have you thought about polo?'

  Rob Schneider

  Player, People, World

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

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• I do a lot of running. Bit of squash, bit of tennis. I don't like feeling out of shape.

  Richard Coyle

  Running, Squash, Feelings

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• I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend.

  Dakota Fanning

  Player, Grandparent, Athletic

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• My mom played tennis for, like, six hours a day and went to college on a tennis scholarship, because that was the way she could go to school. So they instilled in me the idea that you have to work hard for the things you want in life and never complain.

  Dakota Fanning

  Mom, Hard Work, School

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• Possessing an array of athletic gifts is something most tennis players can only dream about. Most players, if they're lucky, have one attribute that stands out -- either a monster serve, great footspeed, superb touch, superior timing or innate feel for the ball.

  Dave McPherson

  Dream, Player, Athletic

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• Nothing is etched in stone in tennis until the final point has been played. That's why we watch.

  Dave McPherson

  Watches, Finals, Stones

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• Like all sports fans, tennis junkies are not satisfied with simply following the current crop of players and admiring their accomplishments. They seemingly always need to compare players of different eras and designate one of them as the greatest player of all time.

  Dave McPherson

  Sports, Player, Accomplishment

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• Part of the experience of enjoying a tennis match on TV is listening to the observations of an expert commentator -- one who knows the sport, has a genuine passion for the game, respects the viewers' intelligence, knows when to talk and when to keep quiet, can make you laugh and is not afraid to call a spade a spade.

  Dave McPherson

  Sports, Passion, Games

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• Conversation is much like a tennis game except that in tennis you try to put the ball in the most difficult position for the one who must hit it - while in conversation you must try to put it where it will be easy to hit.

  Margery Wilson

  Games, Trying, Balls

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• I don't mind fans coming up in a friendly, respectful way. That's all part of the fun of being a top tennis player. But if people take pictures without permission, particularly if my children are in the shot, I feel uncomfortable.

  Roger Federer

  Children, Fun, Player

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• I don't need to come back to Wimbledon every year because I can't live without it. I'd be totally cool without tennis.

  Roger Federer

  Years, Wimbledon, Needs

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• I am happy with being a tennis player and the choice I took when I was 12. But clearly, if I wouldnt have been a tennis player, I would have loved to be a soccer player. But again, I am happy with the choice I made.

  Rafael Nadal

  Soccer, Player, Choices

  "Ask Rafa: send a question to Rafael Nadal". www.smh.com.au. January 31, 2012.

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• I lost to a better player who played some courageous tennis and deserved to win.

  Novak Djokovic

  Winning, Player, Courageous

  "Stanislas Wawrinka shrugs off personal problems to win French Open" by Kevin Mitchell, www.theguardian.com. June 07, 2015.

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• I'm more in that Rafa Nadal high-energy high-octane mold out there. I wear that emotion on the court. That's how I play my best tennis. People either like that or not. And I can't change that: that's who I am on a tennis court.

  Lleyton Hewitt

  Who I Am, Play, People

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

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• There are people who love you and people who hate you, but for me, more so, people only think they know me by how I act or perform on a tennis court.

  Lleyton Hewitt

  Hate, Love You, Thinking

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

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• I'm not to eager to play tennis in my spare time. I'm more interested in doing gym work and stuff like that. We have a lot of schools and courts around where I live, so if I really want to play I don't need to go too far.

  Lleyton Hewitt

  School, Play, Needs

  "Lleyton Hewitt: Top Spin Intreview". Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. November 20, 2003.

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• Tennis players go into a press conference, and almost every one of them is the same. We do very little differently on a day-to-day basis.

  Lleyton Hewitt

  Player, Littles, Bases

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

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• In tennis you move a lot. Golf you dont. In tennis, you can have a bad half-hour, but you cant in golf. You can lose the first set in tennis and still win.

  Ivan Lendl

  Moving, Golf, Winning

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