217 Quotes About Tennis

Tennis is the loneliest sport

Have you played tennis on that tennis court?’ I asked.‘Oh, don’t talk to me about tennis,’ he complained, ‘my kids have been dying tohave a game ever since we got here, but they can’t’‘Why not?’‘There aren’t any tennis balls on the island.’‘You’re joking.’‘I’m not. Not one. The shop’s run out and the guy who was supposed to bring some out from the mainland forgot’Island life encapsulated.

It may well be that we spectators, who are not divinely giftes as athletes, are the only ones truly able to see, articulate and animate the experience of the gift we are denied.

I have no sense of humor about losing

We made a successful, last-minute effort to get the French Open many years ago, when the USA network bailed on it. I remember, four of us jumped on a plane on the spur of the moment to cover it. I think we had someone draw up a sign (by hand) that we could hold up in front of the camera to tell viewers that it was ESPN coverage.

Δεν παίζεις με ποιότητα.

The fifth set is not about tennis, it’s about nerves

Jemand hat ein größeres Tennisturnier gewonnen und freut sich wie ein Flummi

Humility is the recognition of your limitations, and it is from this understanding, and this understanding alone, that the drive comes to work hard at overcoming them.