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Tennis Coach Inspirational Quotes (358)

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I have seriously thought about retiring, but that was on a good day. On a bad day I've thought about killing myself.
Ivan Lendl
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When you start off a new tournament, you want to do well.
Amelie Mauresmo
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If you can defend, counter-attack and take the initiative then you become a more dangerous player.
Jo Durie
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It's like one of those dreams you have when someone is chasing you. You're running as fast as you can, and someone's trotting behind you, just out of range, trying to grab onto you.
Michael Chang
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I wouldn't, a little bit frightened but throughout my life I'd learnt that when you're in the serious situations, you've got to try to stay calm. Because that's the way you get out of them.
John Newcombe
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Tennis was always there for me, which was lucky. I would go play baseball, basketball, football, hang with my brother, do whatever, and at the end of the day I'd come back and say, 'Hey, Mom, would you hit 15 minutes worth of balls with me?'
Jimmy Connors
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I believe there's only one autobiography you can do.
John McEnroe
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I still have a belief and a faith that some great things are still going to happen in my career. If I didnt believe that, it makes no sense for me to be out there, and on top of that, I know this is a period of time that God wants me to persevere through.
Michael Chang
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What I like about golf is there are no bad calls.
Ivan Lendl
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I always wanted to be somebody...If I've made it, it's half because I was game to take a wicked amount of punishment along the way, and half because there were an awful lot of people who cared enough to help me.
Althea Gibson
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I have every single Ferrari that came out. I have all the Mercedes they came out with, all the Jaguars they came out with, all the Porsches they came out with.
Ion Tiriac
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I was always at peace because of the way my mom treated me.
Martina Hingis
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It was all right until the sun came out and then everything started getting warmer.
Jo Durie
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I think you always have, you know, new players. Every year you see new faces, juniors coming into the seniors. I was one of them at the time long time ago now.
Amelie Mauresmo
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Rafa being 6-1 against Roger is not a source of pride for me. I'm happy that Rafa won the tournament, but I would have liked that Federer could have won the Grand Slam, because I think he's a phenomenal player. For me, he is the player I enjoy watching the most.
Toni Nadal
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But it's very difficult, I can tell you I played the Czech Open a few times and it's very difficult just to go on to a scene where the course is prepared differently when the greens are fast and he's not used to it and they're hard as a rock and he's not used to it.
Ivan Lendl
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Son, feelings are what women have. They come from their ovaries.
Stan Smith
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From where we lived, to practise in St Louis was an hour-and-a-half drive each way, so that took a lot of the time. So really, our lives just took different paths.
Jimmy Connors
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There is only one number one. It is a lonely spot but it has got the best view of all.
Jimmy Connors
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If we can make some kind of adjustments, maybe in the game, to make it interesting and slow down the surfaces, then it will be more fun and more interesting.
Jana Novotna
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I have never seen someone point after point that just gives it everything.
John McEnroe
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I hate to lose more than I like to win. I hate to see the happiness on their faces when they beat me!
Jimmy Connors
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The British public like a Briton with personality, someone who comes out on court and isn't dour and down on themselves.
Jo Durie
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I have a lot to say, and if I'm not No. 1, I can't say it.
Billie Jean King
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