Quotes about Tennis

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It's no accident, I think, that tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love, the basic elem — Andre Agassi, Open
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 — Billie Jean King
I didn't cry when they buried my father - I wouldn't let myself. I didn't cry when they buried my sister. On Thursday ni — Greg Garber
In any game, the game itself is the prize, no matter who wins, ultimately both lose the game. — Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
Science fiction is a dialogue, a tennis match, in which the Idea is volleyed from one side of the net to the other. Ridi — C.J. Cherryh
Archie Henderson has won no awards, written no books and never played any representative sport. He was an under-11 tourn — Archie Henderson
Like most North Americans of his generation, Hal tends to know way less about why he feels certain ways about the object — David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
His chief form of entertainment was reading. The last moments he was in a cabin were usually spent scanning bookshelves — Michael Finkel, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit
Almost anyone who loves tennis and follows the men’s tour on television has, over the last few years, had what might be — David Foster Wallace, String Theory: David Foster Wallace on Tennis
The day you give priority to bogus ethics over human reactions, you become a loser. Human reactions are priceless. Rules — Ted Tinling
When we plant a rose seed in the earth, we notice that it is small, but we do not criticize it as "rootless and stemless — W. Timothy Gallwey, The Inner Game of Tennis: The Classic Guide to the Mental Side of Peak Performance
And then also, again, still, what are those boundaries, if they’re not baselines, that contain and direct its infinite e — David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
Tennis is the loneliest sport — Andre Agassi
I sometimes rented a car and drove from event to event in Europe; a road trip was a great escape from the day-to-day anx — Patrick McEnroe, Hardcourt Confidential: Tales from Twenty Years in the Pro Tennis Trenches
Only boxers can understand the loneliness of tennis players - and yet boxers have their corner men and managers. Even a — Andre Agassi, Open
When love is part of a game, it means nothing. When love is love, it means everything. — Kate McGahan
Well, with that filly in my line of vision blushing like a virgin, something in me was bound to stand at attention. And — A.G. Starling, It's a Love Game
[Lizzie Bennington to a reporter who has asked for her opinion about Jack Archer's celebrated thighs.] “When you come ba — A.G. Starling, It's a Love Game
He was working that charm right now on the trainer who kneeled before him and touched his thigh as though it were the th — A.G. Starling, It's a Love Game
Humility is the recognition of your limitations, and it is from this understanding, and this understanding alone, that t — John Carlin, Rafael Nadal, Rafa