I asked [my doctors] if I'd be able to play singles tennis and they said I could. That made me very happy since I haven't played in five years.
Doubles does not have adequate support, promotion and sponsorship and budding shuttlers are more keen to take up singles.
I can personally say if I'm not relevant in the singles world and my only choice is to play doubles, I'd probably stop playing tennis.
I'm as embarrassed as hell about it. I purged myself of my shame by buying the Beatles 'all you need is love', one of the most evocative singles of all time.
I felt like I evolved into a great singles wrestler in ECW because of the opportunities to speak and wrestle longer matches.
I'm a Punjabi and I grew up listening to songs like 'Latthe di Chaddar,' one of my first singles.
I wanna be the most successful socially aware artist: Grammys, number one singles, albums, overseas and internationally-known household name, all that.
'Reflection' and 'Going Nowhere' would've been great singles because that's the exact sound that we wanted to achieve.
We wanna be on the frontlines of everything new and exciting. The old world order of putting out four singles before you release an album is so boring to us.
For me, I'm more a fan of the songs than of the artists because often, it's not worth getting the whole album. There's usually a few singles and the rest of it is politics or something.
Yes, I am acting in my singles, but that is very different from acting in a movie.
Country fans are the most loyal in the world, but they know every song that you put out - not just the singles.
Singles are for people that want to chart - I'm measuring my success by how well I connect with people.
I had five singles that did not work on country radio, and I still had fans that showed up to the shows.
Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You're looking at double work.
When it's best-of-five sets and most of the Slams are hot, humid conditions, you need all the energy and rest you can get in the singles.
One of the first 45s I ever bought was the Stooges' 'I Got a Right.' Probably one of my favorite singles, ever.
A lot of people don't listen to the albums. They just listen to the singles.
I miss singles terribly, but it is a choice I make because I don't feel I am good enough anymore. I don't want to be 100 odd in the world and still play for the heck of it.
I was eighth in the world in doubles, 67th in singles. Could I have achieved more? Yes, perhaps, but I did it my way.
What record companies do these days is drain the blood dry of an album, take six singles off it, and harm the longevity of artists' careers by doing it.
Winning in women's singles felt surreal. I felt that everything I had done - the hard work, the tough times - was all worth it.
On many different singles, I was able to marry my music with rappers who understood the natural bond between us.
Juliet singles out Romeo. Desdemona claims Othello. They have no doubts, the young, no fear, no pride.
Only a few singles off an album really work, and the rest of the songs feel like such a waste.
I've been told I sold 110m albums and singles. If that's the case, I should've come here in a space rocket.
There was a time when stars were made out of music videos but today singers rely on actors to make their singles hit. I find that sad.
I'm hoping Big Cass gets a great singles' run and vice versa. We pull for each other in that regard.
People don't make albums any more. It's always about singles. I wanted to take that old-school approach.
I was able to accomplish a lot as a tag team wrestler in one of the greatest factions of all time - The New Day - but I also want to see how much I can do as a singles competitor.
We stand with our Muslim community as President Trump singles them out for attack and unfairly-targeted policy.
India needs better singles players to progress as a tennis nation. They need to develop, be physically fitter and stronger.
I want to build a fanbase. I want people to like my albums even more so than singles.
The good thing I have to say about Sonya and I, even as a tag team we do get some opportunities for singles matches.
I would say that all the singles that I have put out are collectively just a small piece of the artist that Thomas Rhett wants to be.
The best pop songs are the ones that show that person's personality. It's harder to do those singles because the stars, moon and sun have to align and the audience have to be ready, but it's worth waiting for it.
People don't necessarily expect singles from me. They expect full bodies of work.
I don't want to put 12 singles on an album. I want to make a story, a little movie.
I wanted to be the country version of Stevie Nicks, but before you knew it, I was heading in a pop direction, touring the world, having No. 1 singles, and loving every minute of it.
These days, men's singles is very hard. If you lose the first, you might lose everything.
I feel like I have so much more to do here. Whether that's singles matches or whatever, I love NXT and I love being a part of it.
I had T-Pain on one of my singles before anyone really knew of him. I was the first one to put that to life of having T-Pain on the hook.
My kids don't really buy albums. They buy singles.
When you have a single composer writing his work, it shouldn't be doled out in singles based on the length of a piece.
'I'll Tumble 4 Ya' has to be one of the most ridiculous hit singles that any international superstars have given the world.
Singles are your safest songs on the records. Ones that piss fewer people off, that appeal more to the masses.
I'm a bit of a nerd, I wouldn't mind working in a shop selling records, or having a radio show where I could play obscure singles.
What's going to make me happy is going on the court and holding up trophies, singles and doubles.
Pairs skating and singles are two different things. Although some skaters have achieved this successfully, it is a very difficult transition. You’re looking at double work.
If you just focus on making singles, you lose the personality of the record. Because everything is not meant to go to radio.
I think tag team wrestling is every bit as exciting, if not more exciting than singles competition.
The proudest thing I have ever done was to win the singles, doubles, and mixed doubles at Wimbledon.
I'm free to do what I please, I'm probably not going to do albums. Just because I think releasing tracks as singles is a better way for me to stay topical.
Over the ages, some societies have accorded far less value and respect to singles than to married individuals.
I'm thrilled we've got a new single out, as singles were the way I first got into music as a child.
Singles have a purpose that is higher than any earthly relationship. Marriage is honorable, but so is being single.
Of all my achievements in tennis, I'm probably as proud of my record on clay courts as any of my Wimbledon, U.S. Open or French singles titles.
I got recognition because of film music, but people start recognizing me as an artiste more because of singles.
We've put songs out on singles and weird little packages that only the real vinyl-philes care about.
I don't need to be going out reverse-sweeping for six and four straightaway. Singles can be just as important as boundaries, rotating the strike and not letting the bowlers settle.
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