“There were times in 2005 when I was sick of tennis but I looked at it in the context of over 20 years competing. My school holidays used to be about which tournaments I'd play in. It's human nature to get just a little bored with it and that is the first time it had happened to me.”
Tim Henman
“Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquillity.”
Billie Jean King
“Men hate to lose. I beat my husband once at tennis. I asked him, "Will we ever make love again?" He said, "Yes.... but not with each other."”
Rita Rudner
“The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall.”
Mitch Hedberg
“Actually, as a kid I wanted to be a tennis player, but I wasn't good enough, so I became an actor. Since then, I've just been lip-locking with gorgeous babes. So, let that be a lesson to all you little tennis players out there.”
Matthew Perry
“It's shocking how little there is to do with tennis when you're just thinking about nothing except winning every point.”
Andre Agassi
“I would as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down”
Robert Frost
