“Losses are always a relief. They take a burden off me, make me feel more normal. If I win several tournaments in a row I get so confident I'm in a cloud. If I lose I go back to the dressing room and I'm no better nor worse than anyone else. A loss gets me eager again.” IfsFeelsWinningLosesLossRoomsNormalCloudsBurdenReliefDressingsTournamentsDressing Rooms Author:Chris Evert
“Tennis is a huge part of my life, but I don't base my self-value or my self-worth or the quality of my life on my results on the court.” SelfValuesResultsQualityHugeCourtSelf WorthTennisMy Self Worth Author:Venus Williams
“No, 'cause, I mean, the expectation for me is I'm gonna try my best to win the tournament. But it's the people that sort of are in the media, are in the press, and the people that read it are the ones that, you know, see the expectation getting bigger or greater or, you know, how my performances have been going, whatnot.” PeopleKnowsTryingMeanHas BeensWinningCausesKnow HowGreaterMediaExpectationsPerformancesBiggerPressesTournaments Author:Andy Murray
“When I'm 32? Hopefully I'll have made my mark with a few different movies, some scary ones and some comedies. I'm really funny, I have a great personality on the camera.” MadeDifferentComedyPersonalityMarkCamerasScaryHopefullyGreat PersonGreat Personality Author:Serena Williams
“It's amazing, but I guess that happens when you become overly famous. Every week now, I get more famous.” HappensWeek Author:Serena Williams
“I'm playing to around 30% of my potential - you'd be shocked at what I could do.” Shocked Author:Serena Williams
“I'm an unbelievable designer. I don't know how I know and just do these things. I just start sketching and then I just know the colors and I always know the forecast. I know green and purple are going to be hot. I was born to be a designer. I worked hard to be a tennis player, I don't work hard to be a designer.” KnowsHardBornKnow HowPlayerColorHard WorkHotGreenDesignerTennisUnbelievablePurpleForecastsTennis PlayerSketching Author:Serena Williams
“I'm like a chameleon. I can kind of change and get my game going to whatever the situation is. If I play well, which I don't think I've even reached yet at all in this tournament, it's really hard for anyone on the women's tour to beat me.” IfsThinkingWellsKindI CanHardPlayGamesSituationBeatsTournamentsChameleon Author:Serena Williams
“It's pretty hard being a tennis player and Mother Theresa at the same time and that's just the way it is.” WayHardMotherPlayerTennisTennis PlayerTheresaMother Theresa Author:Maria Sharapova