1.
Losing is not my enemy..fear of losing is my enemy.
Rafael Nadal
Defeat is not my opponent..anxiety of defeat is my adversary.
2.
Pressure is a privilege - it only comes to those who earn it.
Billie Jean King
Opportunity is an accolade - it can only be attained by those who deserve it.
3.
I fear no one, but respect everyone.
Roger Federer
I am undaunted, yet revere all.
4.
If somebody says I am better than Roger, I think this person doesn't know anything about tennis.
Rafael Nadal
5.
I enjoyed the position I was in as a tennis player. I was to blame when I lost. I was to blame when I won. And I really like that, because I played soccer a lot too, and I couldn't stand it when I had to blame it on the goalkeeper.
Roger Federer
6.
If you can keep playing tennis when somebody is shooting a gun down the street, that's concentration.
Serena Williams
7.
When you do something best in life, you don't really want to give that up - and for me it's tennis.
Roger Federer
8.
Why do I wear tennis shoes? That's two questions. Do I wear tennis shoes? The answer to that question is, "Yes." "Why?" That's a question philosophers have been pondering for centuries.
Irwin Corey
9.
Men can have a huge turnover of sponsorship and still survive a lot better than the women. But the women's ratings are better, at least at home in the United States than in the men's tennis.
Billie Jean King
10.
I play each point like my life depends on it.
Rafael Nadal
11.
Being champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.
Althea Gibson
12.
Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.
Billie Jean King
13.
Ever since that day when I was 11 years old, and I wasn't allowed in a photo because I wasn't wearing a tennis skirt, I knew that I wanted to change the sport.
Billie Jean King
14.
The older I get, the better I used to be.
Lee Trevino
15.
In tennis, it is not the opponent you fear, it is the failure itself, knowing how near you were but just out of reach.
Andy Murray
16.
Tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love - the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence, because every match is a life in miniature.
Andre Agassi
17.
I love jeans, T-shirts, boots, and tennis shoes.
Ashley Benson
18.
Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work
Andre Agassi
19.
One of the greatest joys of tennis is having a nice volley and not really keeping score, not really looking at the lines, but just catching up with each other.
Jane Kaczmarek
20.
To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost.
Chris Evert
21.
In the States, tennis is sixth or seventh on the totem pole as far as sports go.
Andy Roddick
22.
The next point - that's all you must think about.
Rod Laver
23.
My first job was in sixth grade, sweeping the clay tennis courts at the yacht club near my house, which I was not a member of. Always had to pay my own rent. But I don't really have any concept of how money works. I don't know how much things cost. Like a BMW. Or a quart of milk. It's embarrassing.
Chloe Sevigny
24.
I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.
Billie Jean King
25.
A smile is a curve that can straighten out a lot of problems.
Ana Ivanovic
26.
Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it.
Monica Seles
27.
I'm not afraid of anyone, but sometimes I'm afraid of myself. The mental part is very important.
Justine Henin
28.
That's one of the best sets I've seen him play, although I should preface that by saying I haven't seen him play before.
John McEnroe
29.
My motto is: I'm alive, so that means I can do anything.
Venus Williams
30.
The Gullikson twins here. An interesting pair, both from Wisconsin.
Dan Maskell
31.
Dreams do come true if you keep believing in yourself. Anything is possible.
Jennifer Capriati
32.
I love the feel of hitting the ball hard, the pleasure of a rally. It is these things that make tennis the delightful game that it is.
Helen Wills
33.
It's like love. When you look too hard, you don't find it. When you let it happen naturally, it comes.
Marat Safin
34.
We all choke. Winners know how to handle choking better than losers.
John McEnroe
35.
Life is like a tennis game. You can't win without serving.
Arthur Ashe
36.
Tennis is a mental game. Everyone is fit, everyone hits great forehands and backhands.
Novak Djokovic
37.
In my mind, I'm always the best. If I walk out on the court (and) I think the next person is better, I've already lost.
Venus Williams
38.
I killed a squirrel once with a car. Twice with a tennis racket.
Anthony Jeselnik
39.
What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well.
John McEnroe
40.
I want to be remembered as a great player, but I guess it will be as a player who got angry on a tennis court.
John McEnroe
41.
I have always believed that my job is to try and give my best on the tennis courts.
Sania Mirza
42.
Everything I do I always feel very confident. Whether it's tennis, badminton, football, whatever. I just go out there and think I can do it and most of the time I can. What I'm good at I don't mind saying because it's not a secret, is it? For me confidence is so important. It's good to know I can go out on the field and feel I can take on the world.
Nicklas Bendtner
43.
Obviously, like Wembley is synonymous with tennis, snooker is synonymous with Sheffield.
Richard Caborn
44.
You have to believe on the court. In the end, it's mental. In these moments against a great champion like Rafa, you have to believe. It's all about stepping in and taking your chances. I always believed, but it's a process of learning.
Novak Djokovic
45.
When I walk through that gate to the court, that's my escape. I block out everything, good and bad.
Maria Sharapova
46.
The great part about tennis is you can't run out the clock.... As long as we were still playing, I had a chance.
Andre Agassi
47.
Ladies, here's a hint. If you're up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That's the hardest shot for the well-endowed.
Billie Jean King
48.
I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.
Althea Gibson
49.
Greatest thing in life: Winning a tennis match. Second greatest thing in life: Losing a tennis match
Jimmy Connors
50.
Borg's won Wimbledon four straight times and out there he has just lost an 18-16 tie breaker. You'd think maybe once he'd let up and say forget it. But oh, no way.
John McEnroe