Tennis Quotes

• I fear no one, but respect everyone.

  Roger Federer

  Fear No One

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  You've got to get to the stage in life where going for it is more important than winning or losing.

  Arthur Ashe

  Life, Motivation, Winning

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• Losing is not my enemy..fear of losing is my enemy.

  Rafael Nadal

  Enemy, Losing, Motivational Tennis

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• Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome.

  Arthur Ashe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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• Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work

  Andre Agassi

  Hard Work, Grind, Substitutes

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• What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.

  Andre Agassi

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Sports

  Twitter post from Jan 25, 2016

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• Greatest thing in life: Winning a tennis match. Second greatest thing in life: Losing a tennis match

  Jimmy Connors

  Winning, Things In Life, Losing

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• The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall.

  Mitch Hedberg

  Funny, Depressing, Wall

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• Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner.

  Arthur Ashe

  Softball, Confidence, Winning

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• I never look back, I look forward.

  Steffi Graf

  Past, Looks, Motivational Tennis

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

  Andre Agassi

  Vehicle

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• Just go out there and do what you've got to do.

  Martina Navratilova

  Inspirational, Inspiring, Running

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• Tennis is a fine balance between determination and tiredness.

  Virginia Wade

  Determination, Balance, Fine

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• Equipment's the biggest change. And the guys have been getting bigger, stronger, more athletic - so the game has become more of a track meet instead of a tennis match, in a sense.

  John McEnroe

  Games, Track, Guy

  "Why Does America Suck at Tennis?". Interview with Daniel Riley, www.gq.com. August 29, 2011.

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• Why has slamming a ball with a racquet become so obsessive a pleasure for so many of us? It seems clear to me that a primary attraction of the sport is the opportunity it gives to release aggression physically without being arrested for felonious assault.

  Nat Hentoff

  Sports, Opportunity, Giving

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• I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.

  Pat Cash

  Sports, Mcdonalds, Bucks

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.

  Billie Jean King

  Sports, Perfect, Atmosphere

  "The Mammoth Book of Comic Quotes" by Geoff Tibballs, (p. 593), 2004.

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• What a polite game tennis is. The chief word in it seems to be "sorry" and admiration of each other's play crosses the net as frequently as the ball.

  James M. Barrie

  Sorry, Games, Play

  Quoted in Colin Jarman The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990).

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• A champion is afraid of losing. Everyone else is afraid of winning.

  Billie Jean King

  Motivational, Success, Sports

  FaceBook post by Billie Jean King from May 14, 2010

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• You have to want to play it all day, every day to get to the top.

  Monica Seles

  Play, Want

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• Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.

  Martina Navratilova

  Inspirational, Funny, Sports

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• Tennis is an addiction that once it has truly hooked a man will not let him go.

  Russell Lynes

  Men, Addiction, Let Him Go

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• The next point - that's all you must think about.

  Rod Laver

  Thinking, Focus, Next

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

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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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