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“Now I do bowling, golf, and tennis. I want to be a good bowler.”

Author:Andy Lau

“My mom, she's from Ireland, coached tennis in Nigeria when she was a missionary and turned me on to it when I was young.”

Young Mom My Mom Tennis Missionary Ireland Nigeria

Author:Donal Logue

“I love tennis, love it!”

Tennis

Author:David Oyelowo

“If I stay healthy and I'm playing good tennis I have as good a chance as anybody.”

Ifs Chance Healthy Tennis If I Stay

Author:Greg Rusedski

“Where is women's sports prominently displayed with the men? Tennis is the only thing I can think of.”

Thinking Men I Can Sports He Man Tennis

Author:Ronda Rousey

“Tennis takes care of everything. It requires agility and quickness to get to the ball, core strength to get power into your shorts and stamina to last for an entire match. In addition to toning your arms and shoulders, it's a total body workout for your legs and abs, and works your heart and core unlike any other sport.”

Heart Body Care Lasts Sports Arms Balls Legs Take Care Core Shoulders Tennis Workout Stamina Shorts Agility Quickness Core Strength

Author:Samantha Stosur

“People think that there is so much money in tennis, but the reality is unless you're ranked in about the top 50 you don't earn much at all. It is hard to support yourself travelling the world, to be away from home most of the year and to pay for a coach to help you become a better player.”

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Author:Samantha Stosur

“In tennis it's easy to get greedy - and one Grand Slam doesn't feel enough any more.”

Feels Enough Easy Tennis Greedy Slam Easy To Get

Author:Samantha Stosur

“Core strength and stability is very important to me. Tennis is all about rotation of the body and my ability to create power. I incorporate a lot of abdominal, back and glute exercises into my gym sessions.”

Important Body Ability Exercise Core Tennis Gym Stability Session Rotation Abdominals Core Strength

Author:Samantha Stosur

“I did always dream of being a professional player. I think every kid does dream of being a pro, but to last the journey you have to love tennis as a sport and if you are lucky enough to make it in the pros, it is really a bonus.”

Ifs Thinking Doe Enough Dream Kids Lasts Sports Player Journey Lucky Tennis Bonus

Author:Samantha Stosur

“I get my drive and determination from just winning and playing tennis. I know if I don't work, I won't get rewarded. It was a life long dream to win a Grand Slam so when I was able to do that it felt so good and I wanted to do it again. It's not that hard to stay motivated.”

Ifs Knows Long Hard Dream Able Wanted Winning Felt Determination Tennis Motivated Long Life Slam Stay Motivated Drive And Determination

Author:Samantha Stosur

“I think all tennis players have to struggle through the early stages of their career. We start off playing tournaments and really just get by. I always had a dream to play in the big tournaments and never have doubted if it was worth it. Having to battle a little early on in my career makes it all the more worthwhile now.”

Ifs Thinking Littles Play Dream Bigs Careers Struggle Player Stage Battle Tennis Worthwhile Worth It Tournaments Doubted Tennis Player

Author:Samantha Stosur

“I think I will always stay involved in tennis and would like to give back by helping out young players. I have done a little commentary and may one day enjoy doing that again.”

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Author:Samantha Stosur

“I think Serena Williams is the best tennis player of this generation, if not the best ever. It is amazing for her to be playing as well as she is at the age of 31.”

Ifs Thinking Wells Age Player Generations Tennis This Generation Tennis Player Best Ever

Author:Samantha Stosur

“Receiving the Newcombe Medal for a third year in a row is an amazing honour. The Newcombe Medal is a great occasion for the Australian tennis community to come together and celebrate our sport, recognise people's achievements and contributions to Australian tennis.”

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Author:Samantha Stosur

“Tennis Australia really led the charge as far as upping the prize money and trying to do the right thing by the players. They also led the way so women have equal prize money in all the grand slams too.”

Way Trying Player Equal Right Thing Tennis Australia Prize Slam Prize Money

Author:Samantha Stosur

“That $27,000 that a young player will now get just for making the main draw at the Australian Open is huge. It can set them up for a couple of months which at that level you really do need that kind of help. It sounds like a lot of money, but when you're travelling the world trying to make it as a tennis player, it doesn't last long.”

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Author:Samantha Stosur

“When I'm playing my best, like I was at the U.S. Open, I feel on top of the match and able to do exactly what I want. There are other times when you're not in control, but that is tennis and you have momentum changes in every single match.”

Want Feels Able Tennis Momentum

Author:Samantha Stosur

“My first job was in sixth grade, sweeping the clay tennis courts at the yacht club near my house, which I was not a member of. Always had to pay my own rent. But I don't really have any concept of how money works. I don't know how much things cost. Like a BMW. Or a quart of milk. It's embarrassing.”

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Author:Chloe Sevigny

“My mother said I would have more chances to become a tennis player than a football player.”

Said Mother Chance Player Football Tennis Football Player Tennis Player

Author:Marat Safin

“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.”

Years Pity Radical Tennis Drains Radical Change

Author:Marat Safin

“No matter what happens, tennis is still tennis: You can see a lot of great matches, a lot of new people.”

People Stills Matter Happens No Matter What Tennis

Author:Marat Safin

“It was so inspiring for me to watch tennis growing up. I thought I was really good playing, until my brother told me I wasn't!”

Watches Growing Up Growing Brother My Brother Tennis

Author:Christine Taylor

“There are lots of women tennis players, for instance, but because not many of them seem to have much personality, they're interchangeable. You don't have a feeling about them.”

Feelings Seems Player Personality Instance Tennis Tennis Player

Author:Daley Thompson

“I've been playing tennis, and just whatever sport is in front of me I will do.”

Sports Fronts Tennis

Author:Jeanne Tripplehorn

“It's very expensive to be a professional tennis player with all the travel and the flights and the hotels and everything.”

Player Flight Tennis Expensive Hotel Tennis Player

Author:Caroline Wozniacki

“Anything over-handed, I do left-handed. Like throwing a ball or serving in tennis. Otherwise, right-handed, like writing and shaving.”

Writing Left Balls Tennis Serving Throwing Shaving Left Handed

Author:Mike Weir

“Everything is tennis for me, it's my career and it's entertainment, but it's also a business.”

Careers Entertainment Tennis

Author:Venus Williams

“I guess tennis is my main art, but fashion is definitely very close.”

Art Fashion Tennis

Author:Venus Williams

“If you're working with someone who you get on with and you're supposed to hate them on the screen, then you get this playful challenge thing where you're trying to one-up each other and that's really interesting. Sometimes it can become like tennis. The harder you hit the ball back, then the harder the hit it back to you.”

Ifs Trying Sometimes Hate Challenges Interesting Balls Harder Screens Tennis Really Interesting

Author:Joseph Morgan

“Unlike in my young days I'm not able to eat, drink and sleep tennis.”

Able Young Sports Sleep Drink Tennis Young Days

Author:Amelie Mauresmo

“I was a very good tennis player in Ottawa, Canada - nationally ranked when I was, like, 13. Then I moved to Los Angeles when I was 15, and everyone in L.A. just killed me. I was pretty great in Canada. Not so much in Los Angeles.”

Player Moved Very Good Tennis Canada Los Angeles Tennis Player Ottawa

Author:Matthew Perry

“In a perfect world, my tennis game gets better. I have kids and a beautiful wife and live on some hill somewhere that's not in Los Angeles. And the script that Tom Hanks just barely turned down gets in my hands.”

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Author:Matthew Perry

“Sometimes you're looking to play perfect tennis but it's not going to happen all the time and you have to accept it.”

Sometimes Play Happens Perfect Accepting Tennis

Author:Andy Murray

“You are always talking about yourself and tennis and how you are feeling. I try to avoid it when I don't have to.”

Trying Feelings Talking Tennis About Yourself Talking About Yourself

Author:Andy Murray

“I've been asked a lot lately if tennis is clean or not. I don't know any more how you judge whether a sport is clean. If one in 100 players is doping, in my eyes that isn't a clean sport.”

Ifs Knows Eye Sports Player Judging Clean Tennis Doping

Author:Andy Murray

“There is a fear of emotion in tennis.”

Emotion Tennis

Author:Andy Murray

“Well, my mum's been a tennis coach - she coached me till I was 12.”

Wells Coaches Tennis Mum

Author:Andy Murray

“When I committed to playing a little tennis in some exhibitions, it was the best thing for me. It got me in shape. It got me out of the house. It got me doing something I love to do.”

Littles House Shapes Committed Best Things Tennis Exhibitions

Author:Pete Sampras

“I am the greatest tennis player. The other players are like coins in my pocket that I give to a homeless man.”

Men Giving Player Tennis Pockets Homeless Coins Tennis Player

Author:Novak Djokovic

“I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.”

Has Beens Country One Thing Credit Tennis Just One Accomplished

Book:So Much to Live for

Source: So Much to Live for

“There's a lot of things I want to do. I want to learn Italian. I want to learn to play tennis better. I want to motivate the world, basically.”

World Want Play Tennis Italian

Author:Magnus

“I'm not involved in tennis but committed.”

Involved Committed Tennis

Author:Martina Navratilova

“Golf can be tougher than tennis when things go wrong, because you can't explain things by saying that your opponent played better than you. It's a cruel sport in that way.”

Way Sports Golf Opponents Tennis Better Than You When Things Go Wrong

Author:Caroline Wozniacki

“My parents paid me small amounts for cleaning my room or cleaning the dishes and stuff, but I never really had a real job before I started on my professional tennis career.”

Real Jobs Stuff Parent Rooms Careers Amount Paid Tennis Dishes Cleaning Real Jobs Small Amounts

Author:Caroline Wozniacki

“One day my dad would say, 'OK, if you want to play tennis I can help you out.' And that's how it started. And I had a goal. I wanted to beat my mom first. And my parents and my brother. And that was the ultimate goal.”

Ifs Want Firsts I Can Play Helping Wanted Parent Goal Brother Mom Dad One Day Beats Ultimate My Dad My Mom My Brother Tennis Ultimate Goal

Author:Caroline Wozniacki

“It's just nice to see people enthusiastic about their tennis and want to learn and improve - for me that's the most important thing - I still love my tennis.”

People Want Stills Important Nice Important Things Tennis Enthusiastic

Author:Jo Durie

“I did a really good job of sticking to the tennis court.”

Jobs Court Tennis Good Job Tennis Courts

Author:Brad Gilbert

“I loved to play, I was competitive, I wanted to win, that was all I knew. In the first few years tennis is a game. Later, it becomes a job.”

Years Firsts Play Wanted Jobs Games Winning Tennis

Author:Gabriela Sabatini

“Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.”

Writing Poetry Tennis Verses Free Spirit Writing Poetry Free Verse

Author:Robert Frost

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