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Never discuss love with a tennis player, it means nothing to them.

I think the tour should come up with something where they don’t let players over 6-foot-6 inches play.

Tennis belongs to the individualistic past – a hero, or at most a pair of friends or lovers, against the world.

Tennis belongs to the individualistic past – a hero, or at most a pair of friends or lovers, against the world.

I would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.

Tennis is an addiction that once it has truly hooked a man will not let him go.

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.

Tennis has always been a big challenge to me and to be able to play that kind of tennis – well, only tennis can produce these feelings for me.

It’s one-on-one out there, man. There ain’t no hiding. I can’t pass the ball.

Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquility.

In tennis the addict moves about a hard rectangle and seeks to ambush a fuzzy ball with a modified snow-shoe.

The fifth set is not about tennis, it’s about nerves.

I’ll let the racket do the talking.

Tennis and golf are best played, not watched.

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

Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.

it. And I still feel like there’s more tennis.

classy is it for me to wear these pink tennis shoes with my tux?

I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as their weapons.

Though your game is hardly the best, you can fray your opponent’s nerves, by methodically bouncing the ball, at least ten times before your serves.

Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you’re needed by someone.

The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I’ll never be as good as a wall.

Tennis and golf are best played, not watched.

Love is nothing in tennis, but in life it’s everything.

Tennis is an addiction that once it has truly hooked a man will not let him go.

Life is like a game of tennis; the player who serves well seldom loses.

Men hate to lose. I beat my husband once at tennis. I asked him, “Will we ever make love again?” He said, “Yes…. but not with each other.

I’m not a fan of it. I hate it, but I may as well utilize it. I think it takes away from the integrity of tennis.

Tennis belongs to the individualistic past – a hero, or at most a pair of friends or lovers, against the world.

High deep balls tend to breed high shallow balls.

When I play, I feel like in a theatre, why should I look ugly then, because I’m a tennis-player?

One thing’s for sure. I’m not going to stop at 13. That would be terrible.

It’s a matter of ‘when,’ not ‘if.’ It’s the right next thing to do.

I can’t imagine having a pro career without Serena. She inspires me. She taught me how to dig deep, be a fighter.

I’m not a fan of it. I hate it, but I may as well utilize it. I think it takes away from the integrity of tennis.

He hasn’t even started to use a lot of his game.

I listen to him most of the time, some of the time I switch off.

Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquility.

The fifth set is not about tennis, it’s about nerves.

You don’t need to know who’s playing on the White House tennis court to be a good president.

I have loved being a tennis player, I am lucky to have been among a great generation of French flair tennis players such as Henri Leconte.

It is the tennis fan who will likely benefit the most through greater exposure on television for tennis.

What a polite game tennis is.

It’s shocking how little there is to do with tennis when you’re just thinking about nothing except winning every point.

How do you think Federer will deal with being No. 2? The way he’s playing, he’s on his way to No. 5 or No. 10. Borg was 26 when he quit after McEnroe beat him in the [1981] U.S. Open final. He couldn’t handle being No. 2.

I can’t imagine having a pro career without Serena. She inspires me. She taught me how to dig deep, be a fighter.

On the court, you have to be a killer. But it’s important [not to] lose your appearance.

No one is friends with Hewitt and he does not worry me at all.

No one ever said when I was growing up that I was ever going to be good or get to a grand slam final. I’ve proven a lot of people wrong.