Wimbledon Quotes

• There is nothing like playing at Wimbledon; you can feel the footprints of the legends of the game-men and women-that have graced those courts.

  Venus Williams

  Men, Games, Legends

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• The only thing championship about Wimbledon is its prestige.

  John McEnroe

  Championship, Prestige

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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, Tennis, Needs

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• I think I owe it to myself and my fans in Britain to play one more Wimbledon.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Thinking, Play, Fans

  "Ivanisevic gets ready to bow out", www.cnn.com. June 20, 2004.

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• For me, and most of the other players, too, if you had to pick one of the four Grand Slams, you would pick Wimbledon. It's got tradition, it's got atmosphere, and it's got mystique.

  Stefan Edberg

  Player, Atmosphere, Four

  "Adieu to an elegant assassin: Stefan Edberg interview". Interview with John Roberts, www.independent.co.uk. June 23, 1996.

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• To its great credit, Wimbledon has been a leader in bringing about change and improvement in the sport.

  Fred Perry

  Sports, Athlete, Leader

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• I think this is the biggest win in my career. To beat Venus in Wimbledon is just something amazing.

  Elena Vesnina

  Winning, Thinking, Careers

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• New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.

  Jimmy Connors

  Love, Sports, Tennis

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• I don't know if Wimbledon's seen anything like it. I don't know if they will again. But it was just - it was electric. The Aussie crowd, I'm really proud of them, the way they conducted themselves. You know they're great losers, as well.

  Patrick Rafter

  Tennis, Crowds, Proud

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

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• I understand how much everyone wanted to see a British winner at Wimbledon and I hope everyone enjoyed it. I worked so hard in that last game. It's the hardest few points I've had to play in my life. I don't know how I came through the final three points... that last game ... my head was kind of everywhere. That last game will be the toughest game I'll play in my career, ever.

  Andy Murray

  Games, Play, Careers

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• The world over - 50 million children start playing tennis, 5 million learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to semi final, 2 to the finals, when I was holding a cup I never asked GOD 'Why me?'. And today in pain I should not be asking GOD 'Why me?'

  Arthur Ashe

  Children, Pain, Play

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• I don't care now if I ever win a match in my life again. Whatever I do in my life, wherever I go, I'm going to be always Wimbledon champion.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Winning, Tennis, Champion

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• I feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon. But I don't dislike it.

  Roger Federer

  Awkward, Red, Shirts

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• I went to Wimbledon before I could walk. It's just been a lifelong passion.

  Anna Wintour

  Passion, Lifelong, Walks

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• I am not playing Wimbledon because I am allergic to grass.

  Ivan Lendl

  Grass, Allergic

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• Billy Jean King could not get credit when her husband was in law school and she was winning the Wimbledon, because he had to sign the cards. You know, you had these cases in the '70s of women who were mayors who couldn't get credit unless their husbands signed for them.

  Gail Collins

  Kings, Husband, School

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• When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.

  Roger Federer

  Dream, Kids, Thinking

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• The problem at Wimbledon seems to be that the club has suffered a loss of complacency.

  Joe Kinnear

  Football, Loss, Clubs

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• Well, I don't like to make outlandish statements. Not all the time. But Wimbledon would have beaten them 10-0.

  Eamon Dunphy

  Memorable, Wells, Outlandish

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• It's something I've always wanted - to be known as an Australian. When I was younger I was always referred to as an Aboriginal tennis player. Now I think the award means that I have been recognised as an entertainer and that makes me happy... It's given me probably as big a kick as winning Wimbledon.

  Evonne Goolagong Cawley

  Sports, Mean, Winning

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• How fitting [it would be if Roger Federer played the first match under the roof] ... he has become known in recent years as the King of Wimbledon ... and this is the day after of the death of the King of Pop.

  Sue Barker

  Kings, Years, Would Be

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• That is what is most special about achieving equality - the positive signal that it will send the world over to the next generation of girls dreaming of winning Wimbledon or becoming a scientist or going to the moon as an astronaut.

  Maria Sharapova

  Girl, Dream, Winning

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• The 1927 Wimbledon finals were almost put off because of the rain, which threatened every moment.

  Helen Wills

  Rain, Finals, Moments

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• Winning Wimbledon, I can't get my head around that. I still can't believe it's happened.

  Andy Murray

  Believe, Winning, Stills

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• Every time I hit the ball on the wall I uses to pretend I was there (Wimbledon). When I went to sleep I used to pretend I was there.

  Evonne Goolagong Cawley

  Wall, Sleep, Tennis

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