Sue Barker Quotes

I am really close friends with Roger Federer and also with Benoit Paire.

These girls play tennis first and foremost, the fact that many of them are very glamorous is a major bonus for any promoter.

In the history of women's tennis the great players have come back from long absences with no problems.

When all is said and done, I always used to say this to recruits: 'I don't remember one goal I scored. I don't remember one result. I just remember the people that touched my life and that connected with me.'

I'm 32 now. I'm getting old. It's gone in the blink of an eye. But I won't even look back at the number of caps when I'm done: the most important thing will be remembering all the fun I've had with the guys in the dressing room and the friends I've made.

I am a big fan of players like Roger Federer, Andy Murray, Novak Djokovic and Leander Paes. I would love to see them play.

It's funny because, growing up, I found inspiration from watching Steffi Graf and Amanda Coetzer, a South African who was in the top 10 for many years. Oh, and then there's someone I've gotten to know over the last few years: Martina Navratilova.

When the Williams sisters play tennis, it gets pretty hot. When they start grunting, I'm in.

I have a lot of great friends in football. The game was great to me. And I've been able to do other things in television and enjoy that, meeting those people.

Guys like John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and Stefan Edberg were also very good grass court players.

I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.

I do look forward to keeping in touch with the guys, because we'll always be connected in people's minds.

I think almost every player has a few very good friends on tour. Mine are: Yves Allegro, Roger Federer, Michael Lammer, and Ivo Klec.

The only good thing about going to the fights is you can go into the green room and you can see some of your old friends that you haven't seen in a long time.

People can be great competitors on Sunday and mates on Monday.

Tennis is such an individual and competitive sport, but it is great being part of a team and getting to know the girls outside of tennis - even though we are all competing for the same thing!

My favorite tennis player, who I'm amazed by, is Roger Federer.

I have great memories of my years in Edmonton and the players who were my teammates.

Time and time again, I see former teammates, and we talk about it. It feels like we are all on the same page: We enjoyed the regular season, but we were disappointed in not making the World Series.

Women's tennis is very open. You really never know who going to be there.

My memories from childhood always involve a football.

The coaches that I've had, my teammates that I've met throughout this journey, it's something that you can't take away. It almost feels like a degree. You can't take that away from somebody.

If you look at the likes of Agnieszka Radwanska and Svetlana Kuznetsova, they've been around a long time and been successful for a long time. That speaks volumes for them.

Tennis, at times, I follow, but not much.

I'm pretty realistic. I cannot wish to be Chris Evert or Martina Navratilova because they won, like, a hundred Grand Slams.