I’ve played No. 1 in the world tennis before and there wasn’t a time when I ever felt like a favorite,

Let’s be clear about something. I wasn’t the winner, tennis was. I never felt I was going to win that match but somehow it just fell my way.

Tennis has given me soul.

During a match, you are in a permanent battle to fight back your everyday vulnerabilities, bottle up your human feelings. It’s a kind of self-hypnosis, a game you play, with deadly seriousness, to disguise your...

First dentistry was painless.Then bicycles were chainless,Carriages were horseless,And many laws enforceless.Next cookery was fireless,Telegraphy was wireless,Cigars were nicotineless,And coffee caffeineless.Soon oranges were seedless,The putting green was weedless,The college boy was hatless,The proper diet fatless.New...

And then also, again, still, what are those boundaries, if they’re not baselines, that contain and direct its infinite expansion inward, that make tennis like chess on the run, beautiful and infinitely dense? The true...

We played good tennis during three hours and the crowd enjoyed it. It was tennis of a good level but not of the highest one,

The public never appears to tire of endless courses of strawberries and cream, and the theory that you run the risk of boring people with endless photo montages of the Chelsea Pensioners in their dress...

I must admit, she surprised me a lot by playing such good tennis today,

I’m glad we are 2-0 up. I’m in very good form, I’m playing very good tennis lately and we will try and finish things off tomorrow in the doubles.

It’s fantastic. It’s a bit of a surprise because I haven’t played since Wimbledon. I played really, really fantastic tennis. I hope to keep it going at the US Open.

I can’t think of a better place for me to come out try to find my best tennis again,

Science fiction is a dialogue, a tennis match, in which the Idea is volleyed from one side of the net to the other. Ridiculous to say that someone ‘stole’ an idea: no, no, a thousand...

I’ve played too many tennis hours.

It’s kind of cool working together for the benefit of Weld County tennis. The tennis was good, and it was good for the benefit of Eaton and Greeley tennis.

If I can get a twofer, and the trick looks like Rafael Nadal, I’m in heaven.

The real, many-veiled answer to the question of just what goes through a great player’s mind as he stands at the center of hostile crowd-noise and lines up the free-throw that will decide the game...

I can’t see Tim Henman as the sort of player who hangs around the tennis circuit ranked 30 or 40 in the world,

We’re really excited about having this level of tennis at Texas Tech. This is the best display of tennis Lubbock has ever seen.

Tennis is more than just a sport. It’s an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater. When I step on the court I feel like Anna Pavlova. Or like Adelina Patti....

A tennis racket is a trampoline for a tennis ball. My favorite score is love-all, because that’s the right thing to do as a Christian and an Overpopulationist.

Is only a tennis match. At the end, that’s life. There is much more important things.

I felt like I was playing good tennis and that’s a great feeling. It’s only the second match, but it’s certainly a great one for me.

Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for...

Tennis is more commercial these days.

He played tennis, so I played tennis, too. I had a bit of an aptitude for it, so it was kind of fun.

Tennis is such an intense sport. They have the toughest schedule all year around. It’s kind of cruel, actually. So for a couple of weeks, she was able to enjoy herself in Jersey.

What if, when Tracy Austin writes that after her 1989 car crash, ‘I quickly accepted that there was nothing I could do about it,’ the statement is not only true but exhaustively descriptive of the...

Women’s tennis is a lot tougher now that it was 10 years ago. So for me to be competing in the top now means I need to be stronger and faster and better than before.

When you do something best in life, you don’t really want to give that up – and for me it’s tennis.

Except in a very few matches, usually with world-class performers, there is a point in every match (and in some cases it’s right at the beginning) when the loser decides he’s going to lose. And...

You’ve got to go through hell… Before you get to heaven… Let’s do 10 more

I’m only superstitious on the tennis court.

This is one of the most exciting things to happen in my 20 years in tennis.

My priority is tennis, but I will be very close to the team.

As a child, I wanted to be an athlete, a professional tennis player or something like that.

James has been playing some great tennis the last two weeks and he’ll probably be the crowd favorite since he lives 25 minutes from here, … It should be a good atmosphere. It should be...

Some books have too much tennis.Some books have too much baseball.Some books have too much boxing.Some books have too much horse.

LaMont, the truth is that the world is incredibly, incredibly, unbelievably old. You suffer with the stunted desire caused by one of its oldest lies. Do not believe the photographs. Fame is not the exit...

There’s not too much more you can do as a tennis player than give it 100 percent — physically, mentally and emotionally. That’s what you should be doing against someone that’s ranked 200 or four....

I’d just like to congratulate Roger, not just for a great match today but great tennis all week. You deserve to win this tournament, and it’s an inspiration to watch you move and play.

Il sesso non interferisce con il tuo livello di gioco; è stare fuori tutta la notte per riuscire ad ottenerlo che rovina il gioco!

Spectacular performances are preceded by spectacular preparation

I’m ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed – I can’t do it. I’m clueless.

America’s next male tennis generation.

He beat a lot of very good tennis players in this tournament.

Plenty of credit should go to Allison and Crystal for getting a high seed in their first year of tennis. Right now, they are good athletes playing tennis and rapidly improving their skills.

The break in the third set changed the complexion of things. With the crowd behind him, he’s playing confident tennis.

When you come back from a set down and bring the match to a final set tiebreak and are a point away from winning the match, only to have what looks like an extremely fit...

There will be some great tennis matches in this tournament. Anyone who enjoys hard-fought tennis matches with talented players will see great tennis. We will take it one point, one game, one set and one...