Top 12 Quotes & Sayings by Virginia Wade

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British tennis player Virginia Wade.

Last updated on November 7, 2024.

Sarah Virginia Wade is a British former professional tennis player. She won three Major tennis singles championships and four major doubles championships, and is the only British woman in history to have won titles at all four majors. She was ranked as high as No. 2 in the world in singles, and No. 1 in the world in doubles.

British - Tennis player | Born: July 10, 1945

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Tennis is a fine balance between determination and tiredness.

Virginia Wade

When I am playing well I think I play such boring tennis.

Virginia Wade

I don't make friends with the girls I'm playing against. It would be too painful to beat them.

Virginia Wade

It's difficult for most people to imagine the creative process in tennis. Seemingly it's just an athletic matter of hitting the ball consistently well within the boundaries of the court. That analysis is just as specious as thinking that the difficulty in portraying King Lear on stage is learning all the lines.

Virginia Wade

I always felt that I hadn't achieved what I wanted to achieve. I always felt I could get better. That's the whole incentive.

Virginia Wade

Martina, she's got several layers of steel out there like a cat with nine lives.

Virginia Wade

She [Monica Seles] has so much control of the racket with those double-handed wrists.

Virginia Wade

It's only when it comes to crunch time that people's true character comes out.

Virginia Wade

Winners aren't popular, losers often are.

Virginia Wade

At the end I couldn't hear what the Queen was saying to me. But it was just great to see her lips moving.