Tennis Quotes - Page 5

• Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be.

  Monica Seles

  Sports, Way

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• Freed from the thoughts of winning, I instantly play better. I stop thinking, start feeling. My shots become a half-second quicker, my decisions become the product of instinct rather than logic.

  Andre Agassi

  Winning, Thinking, Play

  Andre Agassi (2009). “Open”, p.365, Vintage

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• Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.

  Jack Nicholson

  Player, Years

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• A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn't have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible.

  Maria Sharapova

  Believe, Helping Others, Years

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• I've been playing against older and stronger competition my whole life. It has made me a better tennis player and able to play against this kind of level despite their strength and experience.

  Maria Sharapova

  Player, Competition, Stronger

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• Tennis is like marrying for money. Love means nothing.

  Phyllis Diller

  Mean, Love Means, Marrying

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• Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people.

  John McEnroe

  Success, Hate, Congratulations

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• Tennis takes care of everything. It requires agility and quickness to get to the ball, core strength to get power into your shorts and stamina to last for an entire match. In addition to toning your arms and shoulders, it's a total body workout for your legs and abs, and works your heart and core unlike any other sport.

  Samantha Stosur

  Sports, Workout, Heart

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

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• I never knew I was grunting, it was just part of my strokes.

  Monica Seles

  Motivational Tennis, Strokes

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• Everyone thinks my name is Jerry Laitis and they call me Mr Laitis. What can you do when you have a name that sounds like a disease?

  Vitas Gerulaitis

  Thinking, Names, Sound

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• I didn't play my best but I won. He was a lucky loser but I think he went out of luck today.

  Tim Henman

  Thinking, Play, Luck

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• I often surprise myself. You can't plan some shots that go in, not unless you're on marijuana, and the only grass I'm partial to is Wimbledon's.

  Rod Laver

  Marijuana, Wimbledon, Surprise

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• My feelings are Yevgeny Kafelnikov should take his prize money when he is done here and go and buy some perspective.

  Andre Agassi

  Prize Money, Perspective, Feelings

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• To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost.

  Chris Evert

  Selfish, Tunnels, Champion

  "Billie Jean King and Chris Evert reminisce about tennis careers". Interview with Liz Clarke, www.washingtonpost.com. July 18, 2011.

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• Tennis is what I do and is part of who I am.

  Jennifer Capriati

  Who I Am

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I have this terrible dark side to my personality, which playing tennis keeps at bay

  Monica Seles

  Sports, Dark, Personality

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• My motto is: I'm alive, so that means I can do anything.

  Venus Williams

  Mean, Alive, Motto

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• Tennis is mostly mental. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.

  Venus Williams

  Winning, Win Or Lose, Loses

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• Tennis was always sort of a - a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself. And the things that I sort of discovered at times I not only didn't want to see it for myself but I certainly didn't want millions of people to see it.

  Andre Agassi

  People, Want, Vehicle

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• My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.

  Roger Federer

  Moving, Games, Play

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• It's not really a shorter skirt, I just have longer legs

  Anna Kournikova

  Legs, Skirts

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• I'm only superstitious on the tennis court.

  Rafael Nadal

  Tennis Courts, Court, Superstitious

  "Travel tips from tennis ace Rafael Nadal". www.cnn.com. May 13, 2013.

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• Tennis is a fine balance between determination and tiredness.

  Virginia Wade

  Determination, Balance, Fine

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  Start where you are, use what you have.

  Arthur Ashe

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "7 Most Touching Moments from Michael Sam's ESPY Arthur Ashe Award Speech" by Colleen Curry, abcnews.go.com. July 17, 2014.

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• I don't play any tournaments to come second best.

  Andy Murray

  Sports, Winning, Play

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