Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by Stan Smith

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American athlete Stan Smith.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Stanley Roger "Stan" Smith is an American former professional tennis player. Smith is best known to non-tennis players as the namesake of a popular brand of tennis shoes. A world No. 1 player and two-time major singles champion, Smith also paired with Bob Lutz to create one of the most successful doubles teams of all-time. In 1970, Smith won the inaugural year-end championships title. In 1972, he was the year-end world No. 1 singles player. In 1973, he won his second and last year end championship title at the Dallas WCT Finals. In addition, he won four Grand Prix Championship Series titles. In his early years he improved his tennis game through lessons from Pancho Segura, the Pasadena Tennis Patrons, and the sponsorship of the Southern California Tennis Association headed by Perry T. Jones. Since 2011, Smith has served as President of the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

American - Athlete | Born: December 14, 1946

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My first love was basketball.

Stan Smith

Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.

Stan Smith

God pays twice as much attention on Christmas, like the media when a white kid goes missing.

Stan Smith

Hey, all I was trying to do was keep my country and my family safe!

Stan Smith

In the real world there are many tones, from white at one extreme, through a large number of medium tones to black at the other extreme. To achieve a three-dimensional effect on paper you need just three - white, black and medium gray.

Stan Smith

Son, feelings are what women have. They come from their ovaries.

Stan Smith

Study your subject through half-closed eyes before starting to draw - you'll find that the lights and darks are exaggerated and easier to identify.

Stan Smith

Laughter is infectious, like small pox or gay.

Stan Smith

Line is so versatile - you can do a fine, tight, closely observed description or simply put a line around an idea - like a cartoonist.

Stan Smith

A lot of people now think Im a shoe. They dont even know I was a tennis player. The shoe has really taken on a life of its own, way beyond me.

Stan Smith

Winning is great, but it's the l9ong road to get there that makes it worthwhile.

Stan Smith

Sweeping gestures from the shoulder allow you to make generous marks, well suited to large scale work. You don't get anything simpler than this - I'm sure it is the way the cave men drew.

Stan Smith

If you've worked over all of your drawing, it should finish itself - often when you least expect it.

Stan Smith

Spaces between the forms, or the negative shapes, play just as great a role as the positives and they enable you to check the accuracy of your drawing. The positives make the negatives and negatives make the positives.

Stan Smith

When you walk on a court, clear your mind of everything unrelated to the goal of playing the match as well as you can.

Stan Smith

Top 15 Quotes & Sayings by Stan Smith

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