Tennis Quotes - Page 33

• I love being outdoors, playing beach tennis, going for runs in the sand, or doing a three-hour hike with my best girlfriend, Mieko.

  AnnaLynne McCord

  Running, Beach, Girlfriend

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

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• I enjoy tennis, though don't play very often nowadays, and skiing... oh yes and swimming.

  Roger Moore

  Swimming, Play, Skiing

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• Boxing, mixed martial arts and tennis are the hardest sports to train for.

  Andy Murray

  Sports, Art, Boxing

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

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

  Rafael Nadal

  Important, Ends, Important Things

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• I only ever run when there's some point to it - say, if it's in a game of tennis.

  Rafael Nadal

  Running, Games, Ifs

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• The thing I learned from playing tennis is that I know what competition is. I can handle rejection.

  Aaron Zigman

  Rejection, Competition, Handle

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• When you play competitive tennis you are competing against someone else and you have to win. Playing music I didn't have to win I had to become better within myself.

  Aaron Zigman

  Winning, Play, Competing

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• There is competition. It's almost like I'm back in tennis competing in a way. There are usually about twenty composers vying for the number one spot for a big or medium film.

  Aaron Zigman

  Numbers, Competition, Twenties

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• Yes, because it's Len's obsession with practical. I've never really had that experience that I hear people having of being on an empty soundstage painted green talking to a tennis ball on a stick.

  Kate Beckinsale

  Talking, People, Balls

  Interview with Tiffany Rose, screenrant.com. August 7, 2012.

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• I am very obsessed with ballet now because it is a very difficult sport and a beautiful one because it is not about money. It's not like playing football or tennis - dance has no sponsors, it's just for the beauty. Maybe it is the only last pure sport.

  Carine Roitfeld

  Beautiful, Sports, Football

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• Tennis and golf are best played, not watched.

  Roger Kahn

  Sports, Golf, Tranquility

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• John McEnroe looks as if he is serving round the edge of an imaginary building.

  Clive James

  Looks, Building, Imaginary

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• John McEnroe's so good. Against him, all you can do is shake hands and take a shower.

  Tomas Smid

  Hands, Showers, Shakes

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• Professionalism in tennis ... only resulted in making billionaires out of rude children, producing an onslaught of moody defectors, and a lot of guys with hair that looks as if bats slept in it... Meanwhile, my head swims with the thought that I have watched tennis progress from Don Budge and Alice Marble to Farrah Fawcett becoming John McEnroe's mother-in-law.

  Dan Jenkins

  Mother, Children, Hair

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• The Benson and Hedges Cup was won by McEnroe ... he was as charming as always, which means that he was as charming as a dead mouse in a loaf of bread.

  Clive James

  Mean, Bread, Cups

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• Your game is only as good as your second serve

  John Newcombe

  Games

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• I never lost a tennis match, I just ran out of time

  Jimmy Connors

  Lost, Ran

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• I'm getting tired of saying hello to Stan Smith and not getting any reply. I'm cocky and confident and maybe I'm too bullheaded sometimes, but I think I have some fan and player support. I know what the others say, but I'm not that obnoxious. I am not a punk. I'm 5' 10", 155 pounds. I've got broad shoulders and I can pack a punch. Most of these guys are windbags anyway. If they ever try anything with me, I'll be to the net fast.

  Jimmy Connors

  Tired, Cocky, Player

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• Women's tennis is two sets of rubbish that lasts only half an hour.

  Pat Cash

  Two, Half, Lasts

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

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• There is a terrific apprehension among some people that blacks will take over the sport... It will create problems because their behavior, speech and dress is just a completely different culture.

  Arthur Ashe

  Sports, People, Speech

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• When I lost a tennis match that made me upset or hurt emotionally I would find myself going to the piano and playing for hours. It was my place of refuge and solace.

  Aaron Zigman

  Hurt, Piano, Upset

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• It's just nice to see people enthusiastic about their tennis and want to learn and improve - for me that's the most important thing - I still love my tennis.

  Jo Durie

  Nice, People, Important

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• I did a really good job of sticking to the tennis court.

  Brad Gilbert

  Jobs, Good Job, Court

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• I loved to play, I was competitive, I wanted to win, that was all I knew. In the first few years tennis is a game. Later, it becomes a job.

  Gabriela Sabatini

  Jobs, Winning, Years

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• Why I love chess and tennis - the volleying aspect, and the fact that your competitors' reactions and motivations and bluffs come into the game itself.

  Christopher Bollen

  Motivation, Games, Chess

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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