Lleyton Hewitt Quotes

I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.

I think there's no reason the Davis Cup couldn't be as powerful and popular and profitable as any of the four majors are today, given some changes.

I've always wanted to play Davis Cup. I love Davis Cup.

The Australian Open attracts one of the most competitive line-ups in the world and I’m looking forward to putting the heat on some of my old on-court rivals.

I began playing in the senior circuit when I was 15 and won the world senior amateur title the same year.

As a kid, I wanted to be a pro tennis player. I was pretty good; at the tennis academies I attended, I always 'played up' against older age groups.

I'm an outside chance at Roland Garros but my focus is really on Wimbledon where it is realistically between me and Roger Federer to win.

From 143rd Street in Harlem to the center court at Wimbledon is about as far as one can travel.

I want to play my best tennis at the Grand Slams.

I was always in the tennis business-from 1968. I was in tournaments and also on World Team Tennis teams as well.

Before I got addicted to comedy, I was seriously thinking about playing tennis full time. I joined the tennis team and played with a lot of professionals.

Even when I was a little kid, I always dreamed that I would play Serena in a final of a Grand Slam.

Since I was like eight, I always wanted to be playing pro tennis.

Tennis is not a contract sport and we really rely on the WTA and ATP tours to be up and running so players can earn prize money to make a living.

People always look shocked when I tell them the Cincinnati Open is one of my favorite tournaments.

It was quite the intimidating Sunday afternoon, US Open finals day for me. Sixteen years old, the 16th seed, second major, first US Open, as an amateur, playing Chris Evert.

It's hard to win Grand Slams.

That top 100 is a big barrier that every tennis player strives to break into.

The Davis Cup should be home and away from the semi-finals as a minimum, I would say even the quarters.

I grew up in the USTA's junior circuit.

It is never easy to play with Roger, Rafa and Novak in the middle of the tournament because they've had matches and are fresh.

To win a Grand Slam, you have to win seven matches in a row, and it's very different physically and mentally from other tournaments.

There's no better stage than the U.S. Open for me

I'm not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!

The Olympics is not for tennis and tennis does not need the Olympics. It is not my goal in life to win a gold medal.