Quotes on tennis
It's one-on-one out there, man. There ain't no hiding. I can't pass the ball.
Sampras, Pete
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.
King, Billie Jean
What a polite game tennis is. The chief word in it seems to be "sorry" and admiration of each other's play crosses the net as frequently as the ball.
Barrie, James Matthew
A perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquility.
King, Billie Jean
Tennis begins with love.
Unknown, Author
It's difficult for most people to imagine the creative process in tennis. Seemingly it's just an athletic matter of hitting the ball consistently well within the boundaries of the court. That analysis is just as specious as thinking that the difficulty in portraying King Lear on stage is learning all the lines.
Wade, Virginia
Love is nothing in tennis, but in life it's everything.
Unknown, Author
An otherwise happily married couple may turn a mixed doubles game into a scene from Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
Laver, Rod
The serve was invented so that the net could play.
Cosby, Bill
Speed in tennis is a strange mixture of intuition, guesswork, footwork and hair-trigger reflexes. Many of the players famed for quickness on court would finish dead last in a field of schoolgirls in a race over any distance more than ten yards.
Scott, Eugene