I once played amateur tournament tennis six months without double-faulting.
I don't always choose to stay fit by playing tennis, because that comes with its own wear-and-tear.
I got into tennis because of my parents. They would play a little on the weekend and I liked it when I played.
Relationships are give-and-take, and when you're a tennis player, you're certainly not giving. You have to be self-absorbed. It has to be about you.
Kids in the city can play cricket, badminton, tennis or football. Athletics is not their cup of tea.
There are a lot of things that go on between the lines of a tennis court, mentally, physically and whatnot.
Tennis is a full-time job and not just the two hours that people see when we're on the court.
The tennis life is very short, as I say. And my first goal is always to be a good person.
Fence straddlers have no balls. In compensation, however, they enjoy a comfortable seat and can retreat swiftly, when danger threatens, to either side of the fence. There is something to be said for every position.
I'd like to continue to reduce the amount of balls I swing at outside the strike zone. I've been told I have a really low number, one of the lowest percentages in the game, but there's no reason it shouldn't be the lowest.
I would like to thank all my tennis fans who were there from Day One when I was No. 1, through my stabbing, and my comeback.
What I love about tennis is the gracefulness. It's an aggressive and powerful game, but it takes touch and finesse.
In tennis it's easy to get greedy - and one Grand Slam doesn't feel enough any more.
I'd get me a bunch of bats and balls and sneak me a couple of umpires and learn them kids behind the Iron Curtain how to tote a bat and play baseball.
Working mothers' laughter comes hardest when our double life is revealed for what it is: a juggling act in which the balls can drop at any time, invariably on our own head.
A good deal of education consists of unlearning-the breaking of bad habits as with a tennis serve.
You can put too much pressure on yourself. You can start forcing balls, maybe trying too hard. You make things too complicated.
The unions need to be taken on. British Airways is massively over-staffed and has got to get its costs down. . . . The problem for [chief executive] Willie Walsh is that the board of BA has no spine, no balls and no vision.
Juggling is the word. I'm a bad juggler, and there are often balls dropped. There is no balance. The idea of work/life balance is a myth. There's teetering from one end and running to the other and hoping not to fall off.
I was a child who was interested in sports, and represented my school in football, cricket, badminton and table tennis.
I'm a big sports guy - golf, tennis, baseball, basketball, snowboarding - and I love games.
I've given offense by saying I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down.
Women are everywhere. We're letting them play golf and tennis now. It's out of control.
Tennis is failing to renew its fanbase. And that's very worrying, because the future doesn't look bright.
I have fond memories of my kabaddi exploits at Lawrence School. I also enjoyed tennis and swimming.
Working with Brando was fun. It was like a tennis match. We played unbelievably well together.
Unlike cricket or tennis, athletics receive no money and so it remains a poor man's sport.
I'm not the savior of men's tennis in America. I'm just a kid trying to win a few matches.
Tennis is mostly mental. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.
I'm a big fan of curling, follow all the major world events. Watch all four Tennis majors.
It's an amazing feeling: tennis is growing very quickly in Canada, and to be a big part of it is an honour.
Stress is part of your career. You have to accept it and deal with it because there is a lot of emotion in tennis.
Jerry (Rice) played until he was 42. At 39, I ran a 4.43 40-yard dash. You look at the number of dropped balls and the way guys are playing now and you can't honestly say I can't do better.
Neither tennis nor golf is considered among the top two sports in Japan.
I think women's tennis is so open. Anyone in the top 30 can do damage in the big tournaments.
Conversation should be like juggling; up go the balls and plates, up and over, in and out, good solid objects that glitter in the footlights and fall with a bang if you miss them.
I learnt tennis, swimming, basketball and several others, but the sport I loved the most was golf.
USTA helps me out a lot, the Tennis Center. I can't thank them enough.
Business, like life, is funny. We all go through difficult times, and we all have to face curve balls and challenges, each and every week. And we need to laugh when things are funny.
As a tennis player, you have a record, and that is what counts. I feel like I enjoyed myself, and I'm proud of what I accomplished.
I think Leo Messi is going to be the best player of all time. Yes, I also think that some Golden Balls have been lost along the way and that he could have even more.
Tennis has opened a number of possibilities for me, and in future, it would be great to give something back.
He's got an overall flair for the game. It looks to me like he really loves what he does and he can't wait to get up in the morning, go hit some balls and go play.
I've been kicked in the teeth more times in tennis than the law ought to allow.
Tennis has always been at the forefront of equality between men and women's prize money.
Tennis is beautiful when you can see tactics, when players don't just react but are able to act and think.
Tennis was always sort of a - a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself.
Down the mine I dreamed of cricket; I bowled imaginery balls in the dark; I sent the stumps spinning and heard them rattling in the tunnels. No mishap was going to stop me from bowling in the real game, especially this one.
Balls should be good for at least six sets, and for more for the average player. But if the rallies are long, they do not last as long as this. There is a fuzz on the surface that wears off on the hard court.
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I think anybody that has had a bad game, or, I dunno, I guess if you go out golfing and you hook a couple balls, are you thinking about it until you get it figured out?
For many years, tennis was the most important thing in my life. That was great. Nothing wrong with that.
I like putting money back into what made my life, and tennis has been great to me.
Tennis is best of three sets, so even if I lose the first set, I still have a chance.
We practice throughout the week throwing jump balls, throwing fades, throwing all these little things. But when the game comes, you never know what's going to come up.
I know tennis is just a game, but it's something that it can actually unite us even more.
I still play a bit of tennis, but only a knockabout to help with my recovery after a game.
The BBC is locked to the reading of the economy that is run out of Ed Miliband and Ed Balls' office. They think if only you spend and borrow more money you can create growth everywhere.
The side of me you see when I'm having a laugh is not the one most conducive to playing my best tennis.
People rarely speak of children; you hear of 'cohort groups' and 'standard variations,' but you don't hear much of boys who miss their cats or 6-year-olds who have to struggle with potato balls.
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