20th-century Tennis Player Quotes

Roger Federer

Rafael Nadal

Serena Williams

Andre Agassi

Martina Hingis

Martina Navratilova

Venus Williams

I threw the kitchen sink at him but he went to the bathroom and got his tub.

It's strange. I always dream I win a grand slam When I wake up, it's a nightmare. Now that I've got it, I don't have to wake up like that anymore.

Karma is the universal law of cause and effect. You reap what you sow. You get what you earn. You are what you eat. If you give love, you get love. Revenge returns itself upon the avenger.

Let us not rest until we are free to live in dignity in the land of our birth.

Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater.

The solution to a problem changes the nature of the problem.

They always have big mouths. They always talk a lot. It's happened before, so it's gonna happen again. I don't really worry about that.

By putting pressure on myself to develop a great game, I had less pressure to win. These days, I tell kids that the way I grew up, it wasn't about winning. It was about playing well, about playing the "right" way. That approach helped me enjoy the game and develop mine to its maximum potential.

I call tennis the McDonald's of sport—you go in, they make a quick buck out of you, and you're out.

It is 100% satisfaction. When I returned to Buenos Aires after playing Davis Cup in Moscow and Malaga, you had the impression it was my fault and that hurt me. That's why I have enjoyed this moment twice as much because there are many people who have helped me through my difficult moments. Now it's like a revenge.

After winning two titles

You can have news that (Cristiano) Ronaldo went to the toilet three times a day, and that's the news. I make semi-finals and nothing.

I want to go out in my peak. That's my goal. But have I peaked yet?

Serena Williams

Of all my achievements in tennis, I'm probably as proud of my record on clay courts as any of my Wimbledon, U.S. Open or French singles titles.

There is no game like the direct attack. Fancy strokes, while effective to watch, do not bring the results a fast driving game does.

I don't think I have made any deliberate or conscious attempt to represent the new generation. I am what I am.

New Yorkers love it when you spill your guts out there. Spill your guts at Wimbledon and they make you stop and clean it up.

At Flushing Meadow

He was over at my house every day between fifth grade and eighth grade.

However great your dedication, you never win anything on your own

I'm learning to use others' weaknesses. I don't hammer a man's soft spot constantly, because he may strengthen it. I just save it as a trump up my sleeve for moments when I really need a point.

Tactics, fitness, stroke ability, adaptability, experience, and sportsmanship are all necessary for winning.

This taught me a lesson, but I'm not sure what it is.

I hope that I have accomplished just one thing: that I have been a credit to tennis and my country.

Great leaders get people to think more of themselves, not more of the leader.

For me the most important thing has always been tennis, and that's what I want to get across the image I want to portray is a hard-working tennis player.

The whole idea of image is so confused. On the one hand, Madison Avenue is worried about the image of the players in a tennis tour. On the other hand, sports events are often sponsored by the makers of junk food, beer, and cigarettes. What's the message when an athlete who works at keeping her body fit is sponsored by a sugar-filled snack that does more harm than good?

Martina Navratilova