Tennis Player Quotes

• Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come.

  Serena Williams

  Motivational, Athlete, Knowing

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• I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.

  Pete Sampras

  Inspirational Sports, Winning, Talking

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

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• You have to believe in yourself when no one else does.

  Serena Williams

  Positive, Sports, Believe

  "Serena Williams: How Black Women Can Close the Pay Gap". fortune.com. July 31, 2017.

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• I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I love to play.

  Boris Becker

  Sports, Winning, Play

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  One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

  Arthur Ashe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

  Andre Agassi

  Motivational Sports, Winning, Practice

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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 play each point like my life depends on it.

  Rafael Nadal

  Play, Tennis, Depends

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• As a tennis player you have to get used to losing every week. Unless you win the tournament, you always go home as a loser. But you have to take the positive out of a defeat and go back to work. Improve to fail better.

  Stan Wawrinka

  Home, Winning, Player

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• To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.

  Sugar Ray Robinson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach.

  Andy Murray

  Knowing, Tennis, Opponents

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

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• I hate to lose more than I love to win.

  Jimmy Connors

  Hate, Winning, Tennis

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• As a kid, I was a little self-conscious because I was so much taller than everyone. A bad habit of mine used to be slouching. Eventually, I realized my height was something I couldn't control, so I might as well accept it. I've certainly turned it into a positive, because without my height I probably wouldn't be as good of a tennis player. It's a gift, and I've made something of it.

  John Isner

  Kids, Player, Self

  Source: espn.go.com

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

  Anna Kournikova

  Player, Tennis, Theatre

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• If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration.

  Serena Williams

  Gun, Focus, Tennis

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• I would be really excellent in a horror film because I have a great scream. I'd be really good in a comedy too. I'm top, top, top quality.

  Serena Williams

  Player, Tennis, Quality

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• It's one-on-one out there, man. There ain't no hiding. I can't pass the ball.

  Pete Sampras

  Men, Tennis, Balls

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• What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well.

  John McEnroe

  Stay Strong, Winning, Tennis

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• I enjoyed the position I was in as a tennis player. I was to blame when I lost. I was to blame when I won. And I really like that, because I played soccer a lot too, and I couldn't stand it when I had to blame it on the goalkeeper.

  Roger Federer

  Soccer, Player, Tennis

  CNN interview, www.cnn.com. December 6, 2007.

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• Ladies, here's a hint. If you're up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That's the hardest shot for the well-endowed.

  Billie Jean King

  Girl, Tennis, Hints

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• There is a syndrome in sports called 'paralysis by analysis.'

  Arthur Ashe

  Sports, Analysis, Syndromes

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• True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

  Arthur Ashe

  Memorial Day, Courage, Hero

  "Worth Repeating: More Than 5,000 Classic and Contemporary Quotes" by Bob Kelly, p. 169, 2003.

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• Since I don't look like every other girl, it takes a while to be okay with that. To be different. But different is good.

  Serena Williams

  Girl, Different, Looks

  "Serena's Glam Slam" by Laura Brown, www.harpersbazaar.com. July 3, 2010.

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• I'm not the next anyone, I'm the first Maria Sharapova.

  Maria Sharapova

  Sports, Next, Firsts

  "Fame rushes in as Sharapova blows everyone away" by Stephen Bierley, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2004.

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• There are a lot of pretty girls. I am a tennis player first of all, that is why I am here, and if wasn't producing results no one would notice me.

  Anna Kournikova

  Girl, Sports, Player

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