Tennis Quotes - Page 23

• Tennis is an individual sport, and I am quite a self-conscious person.

  Andy Murray

  Sports, Self, Individual

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

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• For me the most important thing has always been tennis, and that's what I want to get across the image I want to portray is a hard-working tennis player.

  Andy Murray

  Hard Work, Player, Important

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• I was in the tennis bubble. I wasn't thinking about the big picture. I didn't notice what they said on television, I wasn't reading any papers. I had a coach and a manager, and they kept me in the bubble.

  Boris Becker

  Sports, Reading, Thinking

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• It's tough when you're No. 1. You don't have any private life, you can't even walk anywhere. I think that was one reason why I lost my motivation to play tennis.

  Bjorn Borg

  Motivation, Thinking, Play

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• If I'm on holiday, I'm active on the beach, I play tennis, I run, I swim a lot. It's just about making the workouts fun, I think, and then it doesn't really feel that bad.

  Candice Swanepoel

  Running, Beach, Workout

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• An idea has no worth at all without believable characters to implement it; a plot without characters is like a tennis court without players. Daffy Duck is to a Buck Rogers story what John McEnroe was to tennis. Personality. That is the key, the drum, the fife. Forget the plot.

  Chuck Jones

  Character, Player, Keys

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• Each weekend I play at least one and maybe two sets of tennis a day. My doubles team was in the finals recently at my tennis club in Palm Beach and lost a tiebreaker after a three-hour match. I must confess, by the end of the three hours, I was relieved it was over.

  Wilbur Ross

  Beach, Team, Weekend

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• To be honest, everything in my life outside of tennis is great. I'm doing amazing projects that, if I didn't have time off, I wouldn't be able to focus on.

  Maria Sharapova

  Focus, Able, Honest

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• I enjoy hanging out with friends, going on hikes and playing tennis. I also enjoy Bible study and making dinners. I have a pretty mellow life away from the water.

  Bethany Hamilton

  Water, Dinner, Study

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• Besides surfing, I play tennis, volleyball, I swim, I run hills, or I do high-intensity, high-interval workouts. I'm up at 5 A.M. every day.

  Bethany Hamilton

  Running, Volleyball, Workout

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• When you are very little tennis should be fun, it should be a game.

  Guy Forget

  Sports, Fun, Games

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• Tennis is like marrying for money. Love has nothing to do with it.

  Phyllis Diller

  Sports, Marrying

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• I don't know whether it's normal or not, but sex has always been something that I take seriously. I would put it higher than tennis on my list of constructive things to do.

  Art Buchwald

  Sex, Lists, Normal

  Art Buchwald (1994). “Leaving home: a memoir”, Thorndike Pr

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• Sport doesn't know barriers, really. You are judged on your performance... how far you can jump, how fast you can run, how well you can hit a tennis ball.

  Martina Navratilova

  Sports, Running, Balls

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• People say I'm around because I have a lot of heart, but I know all the heart in the world couldn't have helped me if I wasn't physically fit.

  Jimmy Connors

  Heart, People, Training

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• But why should I read what somebody else thinks of my life when I know the real story?

  Jimmy Connors

  Real, Thinking, Stories

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• Conversation is much like a tennis game except that in tennis you try to put the ball in the most difficult position for the one who must hit it - while in conversation you must try to put it where it will be easy to hit.

  Margery Wilson

  Games, Trying, Balls

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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 don't need to come back to Wimbledon every year because I can't live without it. I'd be totally cool without tennis.

  Roger Federer

  Years, Wimbledon, Needs

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• I am happy with being a tennis player and the choice I took when I was 12. But clearly, if I wouldnt have been a tennis player, I would have loved to be a soccer player. But again, I am happy with the choice I made.

  Rafael Nadal

  Soccer, Player, Choices

  "Ask Rafa: send a question to Rafael Nadal". www.smh.com.au. January 31, 2012.

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• I lost to a better player who played some courageous tennis and deserved to win.

  Novak Djokovic

  Winning, Player, Courageous

  "Stanislas Wawrinka shrugs off personal problems to win French Open" by Kevin Mitchell, www.theguardian.com. June 07, 2015.

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• I'm more in that Rafa Nadal high-energy high-octane mold out there. I wear that emotion on the court. That's how I play my best tennis. People either like that or not. And I can't change that: that's who I am on a tennis court.

  Lleyton Hewitt

  Who I Am, Play, People

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

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• There are people who love you and people who hate you, but for me, more so, people only think they know me by how I act or perform on a tennis court.

  Lleyton Hewitt

  Hate, Love You, Thinking

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

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• I'm not to eager to play tennis in my spare time. I'm more interested in doing gym work and stuff like that. We have a lot of schools and courts around where I live, so if I really want to play I don't need to go too far.

  Lleyton Hewitt

  School, Play, Needs

  "Lleyton Hewitt: Top Spin Intreview". Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. November 20, 2003.

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• I was never happy that my injuries cut my career short and ultimately forced my decision to step away from tennis. I have enjoyed my time away from the court, a period that has allowed me to experience a different side of life. However, I miss the game and the challenge of competing at the highest level of tennis, and I want to gauge whether I can stay healthy and compete against today's top players.

  Martina Hingis

  Cutting, Player, Games

  "Hingis plans comeback to top tennis three years after retiring" by Steve Bierley, www.theguardian.com. November 30, 2005.

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