But it is impossible to enjoy a tennis game, a book, or a conversation unless attention is fully concentrated on the activity.
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.
It's not really a shorter skirt, I just have longer legs
Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together.
What distinguishes tennis is respect for one's opponent, one's conduct on the court.
I'd love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.
The more matches I play, the more confident I get.
It's a pity that the tennis is really going down the drain. Every year it's getting worse and worse and worse. There has to be a radical change, and I hope it will be really soon.
If you want to be a tennis player, then mould yourself on Roger Federer. I won three Wimbledon titles and I wish I could play like him.
The ball is round, the game is long.
I'm like an expensive menu... you can look but you can't afford!
My serve has killed a small dog ... I'm joking, I'm joking! The dog was huge!
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.
Now I do bowling, golf, and tennis. I want to be a good bowler.
It is very important not to think about losing.
Once you reach a good level in tennis it fills you with a lot of motivation. I hope I can do it for a long time.
Tennis can be a grind and there's always the danger of going stale if you think about it too much. You can get embittered if you train too hard and have nothing else on your mind. You have to be able to relax between matches and between tournaments.
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.
The dumber you are on court, the better you're going to play.
He's a haircut and a forehand.
Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified.
I have always been guided by striving to show the best that I could. That is what kept me going in tennis and it is the same now.
It's one-on-one out there, man. There ain't no hiding. I can't pass the ball.
I call tennis the McDonald's of sport - you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.
To act with a tennis ball and imagine it's a tentacle, or if you're in some kind of wilderness film and you go, 'Okay, we can't have a grizzly bear here, but imagine when you step over the rock there there's a grizzly bear.' I don't know. They're tough moments.
