Tennis Quotes - Page 8

I really try not to read the tennis articles, because a lot of times they're guessing at how a player is feeling, and I like to keep myself kind of open minded about how I'm feeling, rather than have someone else explain to me what's going on.

Sports have always been a really important part of how I energize myself, as well as how I relax. I spend a lot of my spare time with my family playing tennis, biking and rollerblading.

I think I play tennis for, to against a big legend, big court, short time. That's what I train for. That's why every day I wake up and I wish I could play those matches, you know. It's like, for me it's the best thing can happen is to play against that guy on that stage, you know.

I didn't aspire to be a good sport; "champion" was good enough for me.

I like to play table tennis, spend time with my kids.

He slips . . . but manages to regroup himself.

If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment.

Onstage, you just have to tell the absolute truth about the character you are playing. You hope you communicate it, and you hope it comes back like a tennis ball. If you're listening to the sound of your own voice, nobody else is. The audience knows, and they freeze on you.

I had a great tennis career. I have no regrets. But to find peace with yourself, and to finally be with your family - I'm probably the happiest guy in the world.

I have a strong tennis arm.

I don't want to be remembered for my tennis accomplishments.

What drove me to become the world's greatest bodybuilder is no different from what drives other athletes to become great tennis players or boxers or jockeys.

I feel as though I stand at the foot of an infinitely high staircase, down which some exuberant spirit is flinging tennis ball after tennis ball, eternally, and the one thing I want in the world is a tennis ball.

I'm convinced being a tennis analyst is the easiest job in the world.

I enjoy hitting tennis balls. I haven't lost any of the innocent parts of tennis. I just do it in front of less people.

Whatever I do, I love to win. I don't care if it's tennis or ping pong, I'll kill myself to win it.

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?

Tennis is a fine balance between determination and tiredness.

The outfit is inspired by Alice in Wonderland. It's kind of about a surprise, because when Alice goes down the rabbit hole, she finds all these things that are so surprising. This outfit is about having a surprise in a tennis dress, and showing some skin and then just having a print. Prints don't happen that often in tennis. So it's called the Wonderland dress.

If you give me a short shot I will attack you. I'm not a baseliner who rallies. I try to get the point over with.

Polo is like tennis - you literally have to live it.

It's a lot of bling to play with. You got to have the bling.

Control the things you can control .

There's a lot of ingredients go into being a good tennis player.

When the Williams sisters play tennis, it gets pretty hot. When they start grunting, I'm in.