Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
During Wimbledon, I ate only rice and pineapple. My coach cooked for me. He made sweet rice.
It is for sure a big part of the coach's job to make sure the tennis does not get neglected.
I've always considered myself the best and the top. I never considered that I was out of it.
I was annoyed and I was crying [her honest reaction to losing a tennis match at the US Open]
I've learned that I have to be more aggressive in that position, when I'm leading the match.
God pays twice as much attention on Christmas, like the media when a white kid goes missing.
I didn't play my best but I won. He was a lucky loser but I think he went out of luck today.
The young British players need to take responsibility themselves for their form and ability.
I think you've got to really keep attacking on grass, it's the hardest surface to defend on.
Of course, I want to be number one. But being happy and healthy is the most important thing.
It wasn't like I was self-motivated. My dad started me. It was his dream before it was mine.
I'm not a trend person. I don't want to look to my right and see somebody in the same thing.
I know I'm good at tennis. Other than that, everything else is a wild card. I'm a wild card.
It's a nice bonus but, you know, I have to pay taxes too. (after winning the Grand Slam Cup.
I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour.
One of the worst things sin did for man was to make him selfish, for selfishness cannot love.
Tennis is a full-time job and not just the two hours that people see when we're on the court.
The Williams sisters, they have this power. They have this ability to come back from nowhere.
If you see a tennis player who looks as if he is working hard, that means he isn't very good.
I can remember when, as a beginner, I was delighted with any ball as long as it would bounce.
I know there is much mystery, much question to what happened, and I must also say, many lies.
Kyrgios has got to look in the mirror if he wants to become a top player and win Grand Slams.
There's a lot of things in life that we don't know why they're coming exactly at this moment.
I could pose in fashion commercials as a high society star but politics is a new way of life.
I think Pete Sampras has really reached his peak. About the only thing he doesn't do is cook.
Everybody is doing the best things possible to still healthy and to play as long as possible.
I feel that love. I feel that energy. I always felt that energy when I'm playing in New York.
I'm not lucky. If I play another player, even if I don't play really good, I think I can win.
But, then, Sampras won Wimbledon six times and that automatically puts him among the greatest
Guys like John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and Stefan Edberg were also very good grass court players.
It can be a daunting prospect for any player to know that his opponent will never, ever quit.
I'm a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.
I think you have to love yourself before you fall in love. I'm still learning to love myself.
Playing a best of five-set match, you can always bounce back, even if you lose the first set.
I've been on the tour for many, many years. It's time for me to go now, before it's too late.
I think if you have the opportunity to bully your opponent then you have to take that chance.
Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.
Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.
In the field of sports you are more or less accepted for what you do rather than what you are.
You learn about equality in history and civics, but you find out life is not really like that.
Ask Nureyev to stop dancing, ask Sinatra to stop singing, then you can ask me to stop playing.
Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.
Whatever your goal in life, be proud of every day that you are able to work in that direction.
It's about you. If you win, it's you; if you lose, it's you. Black and white. Nowhere to hide.
She [Serena Williams] played some great shots, but so did I, and that was the only difference.
I have been regularly confronted with racism, very regularly, and since my earliest childhood.
You cannot just play tournament after tournament like maybe I did when I was 23, 24 years old.
Rafael Nadal, I see no demons in him. None. Unless he picks up the racket with his right hand.
As an athlete, I used my speed, agility and quickness to go out and play against the big guys.
Hewitt is such a fighter on the court; he never gives up. They all have qualities to beat him.