Katrina Adams Quotes

I love to promote our sport. I love grass-roots tennis. I love coaching. I love all parts of the sport. I love the business side.

I think I will always stay involved in tennis and would like to give back by helping out young players. I have done a little commentary and may one day enjoy doing that again.

I haven't been in tennis for that long, but what I can say is that we have a lot of young guys at the top who are willing to do a lot of good things for tennis in general.

It's just nice to see people enthusiastic about their tennis and want to learn and improve - for me that's the most important thing - I still love my tennis.

My goal is to help make tennis transition to what's coming next and to be able to continue to grow rather than falling down, because no new fans come to our sport.

If we push for the children to know tennis, they have the chance to like it.

USTA helps me out a lot, the Tennis Center. I can't thank them enough.

What I like about the USTA is that it's developing systems to help the coaches coach better.

Tennis is not like other sports where the coach is hired by an independent entity, and that makes a huge difference in the dynamic.

The more people who come from abroad who played soccer and are brought up playing it and watching it, then come over to America and bring what they know and what they play, that's how the sport will grow.

I am very proud of what we have built in Spain, because it is not a traditional Formula 1 country. I think we have found passionate fans, and built up a strong culture for the sport - and things are improving every day, with more and more people getting interested.

Football develops, it becomes quicker, players develop as athletes.

I'd love to open a tennis school for children in my hometown of Sochi.

I think it's especially hard when you start at an academy, because everything is decided for you. And then when you go with U.S.T.A., there's only so many decisions you can make.

It is for sure a big part of the coach's job to make sure the tennis does not get neglected.

The only thing I want is tennis to be the biggest sport on the planet.

If more people knew about it, followed the teams, they would really enjoy watching mixed doubles and doubles.

I love this sport, and I want people to have the opportunities that I have. I want the kid in the inner city to know that she can be a bobsledder one day, and I want the kid in the middle of Africa to know that she can be a bobsledder one day. So the more that we can go out there and grow the sport, the better.

It's an amazing feeling: tennis is growing very quickly in Canada, and to be a big part of it is an honour.

Coming from a country that loves tennis, actually, there are a lot of people who play. We definitely face a lot of challenges when it comes to producing tennis players.

I couldn't be accepted into tennis school because I was too young. I had to wait a year until I was four before they'd accept me.

It's nice I inspire the kids. tThat's the most important thing, and more people are now playing tennis, even for fun. That's great.

International rugby is a step up, and this is somewhere you come to get better and improve as a player.

My role at the USTA allows me to fulfill my ambition to open up opportunities for people to play tennis that may not otherwise have a chance or an outlet to play.

Few footballers at 20 or 21 are the finished article.