I know I'm good at tennis. Other than that, everything else is a wild card. I'm a wild card.

Of course I don't have a big serve. I have other weapons. That's why tennis is a nice sport.

I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant.

I'm a softball player. I'm a soccer player. I played tennis every day. I love being outside.

I didn't play my best but I won. He was a lucky loser but I think he went out of luck today.

I always preferred working with somebody so I could look into their eyeballs and play tennis.

I think Pete Sampras has really reached his peak. About the only thing he doesn't do is cook.

Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.

Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.

Tennis is a full-time job and not just the two hours that people see when we're on the court.

I think women's tennis is so open. Anyone in the top 30 can do damage in the big tournaments.

If you see a tennis player who looks as if he is working hard, that means he isn't very good.

I don't make friends with the girls I'm playing against. It would be too painful to beat them.

Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.

I try to avoid doing movies where I act with tennis balls. It's ultimately incredibly tedious.

Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together.

She [Serena Williams] played some great shots, but so did I, and that was the only difference.

I heckled somebody at the U.S. Open once. And you know, tennis, it's not a good place for that.

I did realize more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business.

I did realise more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business.

I'm a great sports fan, you know. I love to watch tennis and basketball and baseball and so on.

I'd like to imagine that in order to beat me a person would have to play almost perfect tennis.

I used to play lots of sports. I used to be a good tennis player. I used to be a decent golfer.

To me, Hewitt and Nadal would be the best spirited fighters I've ever seen on the tennis court.

When I play, I feel like in a theatre, why should I look ugly then, because I'm a tennis player?

The pace of this match is really accelerating, by which I mean it's getting faster all the time.

I was always rather nasty. I was willing to be friends with the Devil, just to cross the bridge.

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

If somebody says I am better than Roger, I think this person doesn't know anything about tennis.

I'm not afraid of anyone, but sometimes I'm afraid of myself. The mental part is very important.

I used to be told if I talked about my sexuality in any way that we wouldn't have a tennis tour.

I'm a perfectionist. I'm pretty much insatiable. I feel there's so many things I can improve on.

To play against Serena in a final is something special. You know you must play your best tennis.

Lady, can you speak up a little bit? Indianapolis is a little far from Europe - I can't hear you.

I play sports - like, I play a little bit of tennis, swimming, like a normal kid. I watch movies.

I love tennis more than designing because it's actually easier and I don't get nearly as nervous.

Tennis was always sort of a - a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself.

The first rounds of a tournament are always tricky because playing tennis takes a lot out of you.

I love skateboarding and rollerblading, but I'm not really allowed to do it because of my tennis.

I always try to have something that keeps my mind relaxed, keeps my mind a little bit off tennis.

As tennis players, you are never satisfied. We are greedy as players, always want better results.

I've always led a pretty simple life, with few extravagances. The money in tennis never drove me.

Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it.

I learnt tennis, swimming, basketball and several others, but the sport I loved the most was golf.

You don't just have to be skilled and talented at tennis, but you have to be so physically strong.

Politicians who wear little tennis socks with the balls at the back should not be taken seriously.

I'm 6ft 7in and I was a bit like a giraffe on the tennis court, though I did play at county level.

I'm the kind of guy that I cannot just lock myself in the room and just think tennis for 24 hours.

A good deal of education consists of unlearning-the breaking of bad habits as with a tennis serve.

As far as U.S. tennis, we need new stars coming up in the pipeline, but I don't know if we have it.

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