Wimbledon Quotes

• The only thing championship about Wimbledon is its prestige.

  John McEnroe

  Championship, Prestige

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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, Tennis, Needs

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• There is nothing like playing at Wimbledon; you can feel the footprints of the legends of the game-men and women-that have graced those courts.

  Venus Williams

  Men, Games, Legends

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• I think I owe it to myself and my fans in Britain to play one more Wimbledon.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Thinking, Play, Fans

  "Ivanisevic gets ready to bow out", www.cnn.com. June 20, 2004.

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• To its great credit, Wimbledon has been a leader in bringing about change and improvement in the sport.

  Fred Perry

  Sports, Athlete, Leader

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• New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.

  Jimmy Connors

  Love, Sports, Tennis

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• I think this is the biggest win in my career. To beat Venus in Wimbledon is just something amazing.

  Elena Vesnina

  Winning, Thinking, Careers

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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

  Tennis, Crowds, Proud

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

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• For me, and most of the other players, too, if you had to pick one of the four Grand Slams, you would pick Wimbledon. It's got tradition, it's got atmosphere, and it's got mystique.

  Stefan Edberg

  Player, Atmosphere, Four

  "Adieu to an elegant assassin: Stefan Edberg interview". Interview with John Roberts, www.independent.co.uk. June 23, 1996.

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• I understand how much everyone wanted to see a British winner at Wimbledon and I hope everyone enjoyed it. I worked so hard in that last game. It's the hardest few points I've had to play in my life. I don't know how I came through the final three points... that last game ... my head was kind of everywhere. That last game will be the toughest game I'll play in my career, ever.

  Andy Murray

  Games, Play, Careers

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• The world over - 50 million children start playing tennis, 5 million learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals, when I was holding a cup I never asked GOD 'Why me?'. And today in pain I should not be asking GOD 'Why me?'

  Arthur Ashe

  Children, Pain, Play

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• I don't care now if I ever win a match in my life again. Whatever I do in my life, wherever I go, I'm going to be always Wimbledon champion.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Winning, Tennis, Champion

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• I feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon. But I don't dislike it.

  Roger Federer

  Awkward, Red, Shirts

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• I went to Wimbledon before I could walk. It's just been a lifelong passion.

  Anna Wintour

  Passion, Lifelong, Walks

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• I am not playing Wimbledon because I am allergic to grass.

  Ivan Lendl

  Grass, Allergic

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• Billy Jean King could not get credit when her husband was in law school and she was winning the Wimbledon, because he had to sign the cards. You know, you had these cases in the '70s of women who were mayors who couldn't get credit unless their husbands signed for them.

  Gail Collins

  Kings, Husband, School

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• Everybody always talks about the pressure of playing at Wimbledon, how tough it is, but the people watching make it so much easier to play.

  Andy Murray

  Play, People, Pressure

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

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• Not winning at Wimbledon is not going to bother me forever.

  Ivan Lendl

  Winning, Forever, Bother

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• Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Winning, Feelings, Given

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• I'd won the Australian Open twice, but winning Wimbledon takes something special.

  Stefan Edberg

  Winning, Special, Australian

  "Adieu to an elegant assassin: Stefan Edberg interview". Interview with John Roberts, www.independent.co.uk. June 23, 1996.

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• I loved Wimbledon and what it meant, but the surface felt uncomfortable. I just didn't like it, I was a hard-court guy, a Californian kid.

  Pete Sampras

  Kids, Guy, Californians

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

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• That match was late evening and I had the experience of the electricity of the Centre Court because it was packed, a full house for the whole match. It had been a great year for me, first time there and I had the full taste of Wimbledon.

  John Newcombe

  Years, Great Year, House

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• If I didn't do well at Wimbledon maybe Chinese people will forget about me.

  Li Na

  People, Chinese, Forget

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• This decision will only strengthen the bond between women players and one of the world's great sporting events [on equal prize money at Wimbledon

  Maria Sharapova

  Player, Prize Money, Decision

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• From 143rd Street in Harlem to the center court at Wimbledon is about as far as one can travel.

  Althea Gibson

  Leadership, Sports, Harlem

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