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“A smart girl is one who knows how to play tennis, golf, piano -- and dumb.”

Knows Play Girl Know How Smart Golf Dumb Piano Tennis Smart Girl

“I really enjoy playing with someone else and whether it's chess or tennis or games, I love card games. I love that, but I think there's something so important to gain from winning and losing and learning how to lose and how you can be better from that.”

Thinking Important Games Winning Enjoy Loses Losing Gains Chess Cards Tennis Winning And Losing

Author:Hilary Swank

“There's power to: and everyone should have that, but everyone doesn't. Power to play Bach, or tennis, or boccie if you like. And there's power over; and no one should have that, but people do.”

People Ifs Should Play Power Should Have Tennis

Book:The Bleeding Heart: A Novel

Source: The Bleeding Heart: A Novel

“tennis is a 100-mph chess match.”

Chess Tennis Mph Chess Match

Author:Gabriela Sabatini

“It's as if women are in a totally rigged race. A lot of men are driving souped-up, low-slung racing cars and we're running as fast as we can in tennis shoes we managed to salvage from a local garage sale.”

Ifs Men Running Race Car Lows Shoes Driving Locals Tennis Racing Garage Race Car Rigged Salvage Garage Sale Tennis Shoes

Author:Naomi Weisstein

“[On a strained relationship between a tennis champion and her mother:] There comes a time when it's probably not cool for your mom to be your best friend.”

Mother Mom Champion Tennis Being A Mom Your Mom Your Best Friend There Comes A Time Be Your Best

Author:Lindsay Davenport

“Dating a tennis player is risky - love means nothing to us.”

Mean Player Dating Tennis Love Means Tennis Player

Author:Anna Kournikova

“Tennis is such an individual and competitive sport, but it is great being part of a team and getting to know the girls outside of tennis - even though we are all competing for the same thing!”

Knows Girl Individual Sports Team Tennis Competing Competitive Sports

Author:Dominika Cibulkova

“Tennis is for me joy, nothing less than that.”

Joy Tennis

Author:Sabine Lisicki

“I do doubles on Monday and Thursday, take Wednesday off or do easy cardio, do doubles on Thursday and Friday, and the weekend I just get outside and get active - jog or bike ride, or play tennis with my mom.”

Play Easy Mom My Mom Active Tennis Weekend Bike Monday Friday Wednesday Thursday Cardio

Author:Mikaela Shiffrin

“Id rather be able to play great tennis at a slam than make eight finals of little tournaments and then lose first round of a slam. That doesnt sound too good.”

Firsts Littles Play Able Sound Loses Finals Rounds Eight Tennis Tournaments Slam Great Tennis

Author:Sloane Stephens

“Usually, I wear tennis shoes because my feet are flat, and it hurts to wear anything other than shoes that are cushiony.”

Hurt Feet Shoes Tennis Flats It Hurts Tennis Shoes

Author:Ellen DeGeneres

“Always underdress. The goal is not to look as if you made an effort for the particular event. If you can dress for a different party (i.e., wear black tie to a cocktail party, or tennis clothes for lunch), so much the better. You give the impression of being much in demand.”

Ifs Giving Looks Made Different Goal Black Party Effort Events Particular Demand Clothes Dresses Impression Ties Tennis Lunch Cocktails Cocktail Parties Black Tie

Author:Lisa Birnbach

“Why are there no great women artists?' sounds as ignorant of human geography as the query 'Why are there no Eskimo tennis teams?”

Humans Artist Sound Team Ignorant Tennis Geography Great Women Queries Woman Artist Tennis Team

Author:Francine du Plessix Gray

“People don't ask Andre Agassi, 'You know you're the No. 1 tennis player in the world... have you thought about polo?'”

People Knows World Asks Player Tennis Tennis Player Polo

Author:Rob Schneider

“I do a lot of running. Bit of squash, bit of tennis. I don't like feeling out of shape.”

Feelings Running Bits Shapes Tennis Squash

Author:Richard Coyle

“I was being groomed to be a tennis player for sure. My grandparents and parents realised I had a natural athletic ability and if I was forced to do it, I could probably do well. But all I wanted was to play pretend.”

Ifs Wells Play Wanted Parent Natural Ability Player Tennis Grandparent Athletic Realised Tennis Player Athletic Ability

Author:Dakota Fanning

“My mom played tennis for, like, six hours a day and went to college on a tennis scholarship, because that was the way she could go to school. So they instilled in me the idea that you have to work hard for the things you want in life and never complain.”

Way Want Ideas Hard School Hours College Hard Work Mom Six My Mom Complaining Tennis Scholarship

Author:Dakota Fanning

“Possessing an array of athletic gifts is something most tennis players can only dream about. Most players, if they're lucky, have one attribute that stands out -- either a monster serve, great footspeed, superb touch, superior timing or innate feel for the ball.”

Ifs Feels Dream Player Lucky Balls Monsters Superiors Tennis Attributes Timing Standing Out Innate Athletic Possessing Superb Tennis Player

Author:Dave McPherson

“Nothing is etched in stone in tennis until the final point has been played. That's why we watch.”

Has Beens Watches Stones Finals Tennis

Author:Dave McPherson

“Like all sports fans, tennis junkies are not satisfied with simply following the current crop of players and admiring their accomplishments. They seemingly always need to compare players of different eras and designate one of them as the greatest player of all time.”

Needs Different Sports Player Fans Currents Following Satisfied All Time Eras Compare Accomplishment Tennis Crops Junkie Admiring Sports Fan Different Eras

Author:Dave McPherson

“Part of the experience of enjoying a tennis match on TV is listening to the observations of an expert commentator -- one who knows the sport, has a genuine passion for the game, respects the viewers' intelligence, knows when to talk and when to keep quiet, can make you laugh and is not afraid to call a spade a spade.”

Knows Passion Games Sports Enjoy Laughing Tvs Listening Quiet Genuine Observation Experts Tennis Not Afraid Viewers Commentators Make You Laugh Spades

Author:Dave McPherson

“Conversation is much like a tennis game except that in tennis you try to put the ball in the most difficult position for the one who must hit it - while in conversation you must try to put it where it will be easy to hit.”

Trying Games Easy Difficult Position Conversation Balls Tennis Tennis Game

Author:Margery Wilson

“I don't mind fans coming up in a friendly, respectful way. That's all part of the fun of being a top tennis player. But if people take pictures without permission, particularly if my children are in the shot, I feel uncomfortable.”

People Ifs Way Feels Mind Children Fun Player Fans Shots My Children Uncomfortable Tennis Friendly Permission Respectful Tennis Player

Author:Roger Federer

“I don't need to come back to Wimbledon every year because I can't live without it. I'd be totally cool without tennis.”

Needs Years I Can Tennis Because I Can Wimbledon

Author:Roger Federer

“I am happy with being a tennis player and the choice I took when I was 12. But clearly, if I wouldnt have been a tennis player, I would have loved to be a soccer player. But again, I am happy with the choice I made.”

Ifs Has Beens Made Choices Player Soccer Tennis Tennis Player Soccer Player

Author:Rafael Nadal

“I lost to a better player who played some courageous tennis and deserved to win.”

Winning Lost Player Tennis Courageous

Author:Novak Djokovic

“I'm more in that Rafa Nadal high-energy high-octane mold out there. I wear that emotion on the court. That's how I play my best tennis. People either like that or not. And I can't change that: that's who I am on a tennis court.”

People I Can Play Energy Emotion Court Who I Am Tennis Mold Can't Change High Energy Tennis Courts Nadal

Author:Lleyton Hewitt

“There are people who love you and people who hate you, but for me, more so, people only think they know me by how I act or perform on a tennis court.”

People Thinking Knows Hate Love You Court Tennis Know Me Hate You Tennis Courts

Author:Lleyton Hewitt

“I'm not to eager to play tennis in my spare time. I'm more interested in doing gym work and stuff like that. We have a lot of schools and courts around where I live, so if I really want to play I don't need to go too far.”

Ifs Want Needs Play School Stuff Court Tennis Gym Spares Spare Time

Author:Lleyton Hewitt

“Tennis players go into a press conference, and almost every one of them is the same. We do very little differently on a day-to-day basis.”

Littles Player Bases Presses Tennis Day To Day Conferences Tennis Player Press Conferences

Author:Lleyton Hewitt

“In tennis you move a lot. Golf you dont. In tennis, you can have a bad half-hour, but you cant in golf. You can lose the first set in tennis and still win.”

Firsts Stills Moving Winning Hours Loses Half Golf Tennis Cant Half Hours

Author:Ivan Lendl

“The content and thematic materials of dance is, of itself, like boxing. You play tennis and baseball. But boxing is not a sport you play: you stand up and do it.”

Play Sports Materials Baseball Tennis Boxing Thematic

Author:Twyla Tharp

“If you watch Rafael Nadal play tennis, you can only respond with amazement and great admiration. He is an incredible athlete with so much discipline, so much concentration and someone who likes to put a lot of passion into every point. Words fail to come out of me to describe his game appropriately. I've rarely seen anyone who approaches a ball with so much attention. With such passion and joy that it makes great fun to watch him. With him, you can associate everything that makes tennis so beautiful.”

Ifs Play Beautiful Joy Passion Games Fun Attention Watches Failing Discipline Approach Balls Incredibles Athlete Likes Tennis Concentration Admiration Associates Amazement Nadal

Author:Steffi Graf

“I've been around tennis, and I have a feeling for the sport. I still play tennis, and I can still do a lot of harm to a lot of people.”

People Stills I Can Play Feelings Sports Harm Tennis

Author:Oleg Cassini

“I played all kinds of sports when I was young: tennis, handball, basketball, some soccer. I focused on basketball when I was 16 or 17 and then came to the U.S. when I was 20.”

Kind Young Sports Basketball Focused All Kinds Soccer Tennis Handball

Author:Dirk Nowitzki

“I'm a terrible musician. While the band members are great, I'm tolerated and affectionately regarded because I do movies, but if I had to make my living as a musician I would starve. I'm like a Sunday tennis player.”

Ifs Player Terrible Band Members Musician Tennis Sunday Tennis Player Band Members

Author:Woody Allen

“My role is to think about tennis and to help Serena Williams be the best she can be and do what she wants to achieve.”

Thinking Want Helping Roles Achieve Tennis Being The Best

Author:Patrick Mouratoglou

“There are people who live, breathe and dress tennis.”

People Dresses Breathe Tennis

Author:Serena Williams

“As a kid, I was a little self-conscious because I was so much taller than everyone. A bad habit of mine used to be slouching. Eventually, I realized my height was something I couldn't control, so I might as well accept it. I've certainly turned it into a positive, because without my height I probably wouldn't be as good of a tennis player. It's a gift, and I've made something of it.”

Wells Littles Made Self Might Kids Used Accepting Player Mines Habit Conscious I Realized Used To Be Height Tennis Self Conscious Bad Habits Tennis Player

Author:John Isner

“I am always working on the go. I have never had an office that I work out of and work has become intertwined with my personal life. Fortunately I am able to work from my home and can answer my e-mails in the morning, play tennis or kitesurf in the afternoon to keep fit and have meetings or phone calls in between.”

Play Home Able Answers Morning Fit Office Meetings Phones Work Out Tennis Afternoon Mail Personal Life Phone Calls Intertwined Always Working

Author:Richard Branson

“Black people playing tennis, next white people will be tap dancing!”

People Next Black White Dancing Tennis Black People Tap Dancing

Author:Will Smith

“You don't go home and talk about the great tennis courts that you played, but you do talk about the golf courses you played.”

Home Courses Court Golf Tennis Golf Course Tennis Courts Great Tennis

Author:Hank Ketcham

“There is no substitute to taking a lot of a catches as a youngster if you want to do slip catching - you've got to catch, catch, catch. And more than doing the normal stuff, you have to vary your catching - you've got to take some catches with the tennis ball, you got to take some closer, some further away.”

Ifs Want Stuff Normal Balls Tennis Substitutes Slips Catching Vary Youngsters Tennis Balls Catching You

Author:Rahul Dravid

“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.”

Wells Important Sports My Family Tennis Relax Spares Spare Time Biking Rollerblading

Author:Irene Rosenfeld

“I dont play golf or tennis, I dont ski, I dont snowboard. If you love what you do, you never get enough of it.”

Ifs Enough Play Golf Tennis Skis

Author:Frankie Valli

“As a kid, I wanted to be a pro tennis player. I was pretty good; at the tennis academies I attended, I always played up against older age groups.”

Kids Age Wanted Player Groups Tennis Academy Tennis Player

Author:Matt Kuchar

“Me writing about tennis is like a baker baking bread.”

Writing Bread Tennis Baking Bakers Baking Bread

Author:Ion Tiriac

“I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant.”

Stories Written Brilliant Tennis

Author:Ion Tiriac

“I tried all kinds of sports when I was a kid, like soccer and tennis and golf, and, in fact, started skating to be able to play hockey.”

Kind Play Facts Kids Able Sports Golf All Kinds Soccer Tennis Hockey Skating

Author:Patrick Chan

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