Billie Jean King is the personality of women's tennis.
A lot of what I enjoy about tennis is the cheering crowd.
Tennis has had a very positive impact on my life.
I went through a tough time after leaving 'tennis.
My best tennis at my peak was when I played a lot of matches.
What distinguishes tennis is respect for one's opponent, one's conduct on the court.
If we push for the children to know tennis, they have the chance to like it.
I'll dive on loose balls. I'll get the winning rebound, hit the winning shot. I'll do whatever it takes to win a game.
I don't shoot kittens with balls of wool. I don't shoot sunsets. What draws me? Ironic, surreal, unexplained, timely moments.
I think when I move well, that's the key for my best tennis.
So, yeah, Dad was right. Tennis was the way to go.
I'm pretty close with a majority of the black tennis players.
I’m a free spirit who never had the balls to be free.
It's hard to believe a kid hitting golf balls in the cow pastures of New Mexico could have accomplished what I have accomplished.
I've been very focused on my career outside of tennis.
I was a gypsy, living a carefree life of ponies and tennis.
I would love to be involved in a table-tennis game.
Busta Rhymes the mighty infamous,
Always misbehaving and mischeivous,
Causing aggravation, I'll never pause,
Pushing out spit balls through plastic straws.
It's true that in tennis sometimes the margins are very thin.
My motivation for tennis has been increasing every year.
If you got the balls to follow something through, you can end up being the coolest, smartest guy in the room, because you've literally put your ass on the line.
I've heard that I'm 'the future of tennis.' But that's all just random stuff.
Tennis is for me joy, nothing less than that.
I want to play my best tennis at the Grand Slams.
I'd just as soon play tennis with the net down.
If someone says tennis is not feminine, I say screw it.
I think my progression with tennis has been pretty steady.
I really enjoy tennis, but football's the game for me.
Kohli scores so freely. He's like Joe Root in that before you know it, he's on 30 off 20 balls. He is also the master of the chase - he calculates so the risks so perfectly.
Young kids do not see tennis as a 'fun' sport.
Tennis doesn't encourage any kind of intellectual development.
Tennis is a fine balance between determination and tiredness.
If you can't take a punch, you should play table tennis.
Hopefully, I can play college tennis for a top program.
I have this routine where on Fridays I sign balls that need to be autographed. One time, after my fortieth or fiftieth ball, I looked over at my secretary and said, 'Who is Bob Stoops, anyway?'
Tennis does need variety, excitement, and personality.
This trophy is so special in the world of tennis and it feels great.
The courtroom is a quiet place, Judge Roberts, where you park your political ideology, and you call the balls and you call the strikes.
I always just thought of myself as a tennis player.
I have big nuts. huge nuts. Elephantitis of the balls - that's what I have.
Not only did I have to face the great Steve Davis for 10 years, Stephen Hendry came along, who attacked the balls. He was such an incredible potter with self-belief.
Whatever happens, if I don't make any plays that game, hopefully I can have an effect where I'm distracting two or three blockers, or I'm getting my hands up so I can bat down balls.
I've got a terrible knee from too much tennis.
I love playing tennis. I am an exercise freak.
You don't just have to be skilled and talented at tennis, but you have to be so physically strong.
Healthy parakeets have the nervous energy of tennis players.
What I want out of tennis is not necessarily just winning.
Another method of eating burning coals employs small balls of burned cotton in a dish of burning alcohol.
I sail and play tennis, and I don't smoke or drink caffeine.
I like a women who's got some balls, some strength. As long as I can beat her at arm wrestling, that's fine.
I knew I was going to play pro tennis when I was 12.
There are many things to do to make Asian tennis strong.
I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis.
When your shot has to carry over a water hazard, you can either hit one more club or two more balls.
For me, it's about the tennis and the trophies. I'm not motivated by money.
Outdoor tennis plays into my strengths a little better.
Cricket came about for me when my dad started throwing plastic balls to me at home. I was four or five.
Tennis is like marrying for money. Love has nothing to do with it.
You may have a plan, but life throws you curve balls. Put God first; his plan is better anyway.
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