Peter Jones Quotes

I've always been the tallest guy in my age group, which always made me go right down in the post.

I've been athletic since I was a kid. My parents got me playing tennis when I was seven years old and I started to play competitively.

I'm actually a pretty good tennis player!

I've been around tennis, and I have a feeling for the sport. I still play tennis, and I can still do a lot of harm to a lot of people.

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've always been really tall and lanky.

When you're that tall, people talk about it all the time.

I have a love/hate relationship with my height - I am 6 ft. 4 in.

I guess what I've been told makes me dangerous is my height and length, so I just use that.

I knew that I had some qualities, physically and 'tennistically.' But my goal was to be top 100.

I guess I concentrated exclusively on basketball because of my height. If I was shorter, I don't think I would play.

I tend to do well against big 4s who are real skilled because I'm tall, lanky and athletic.

I wasn't any good at playing tennis.

I've been six feet tall since the sixth grade.

I was the tallest guy in the school, and I was very conscious of being larger than anybody - classmates and teachers.

I really didn't have aspirations. I was just tall.

Because of the way I am built I photograph taller than I actually am; it's an optical illusion. The way you're naturally built is not something you can fake - you either photograph taller or you don't.

I had no idea I was going to be this tall. Had I known that, I honestly would have stuck to basketball.

Some athletes aren't small, they're just short.

Height doesn't matter. You see guys like Tyrod Taylor, Brees, Russell Wilson: they've proven that it doesn't matter.

If someone had told me at fourteen that I'd be six-ten, I might have stuck with basketball, in all seriousness.

The best thing about being 6'9'' is that it helps with my tennis game, especially with my serve.

My height might be a disadvantage in some parts of my game, but it is a big advantage in rushing the passer.

I have always been tall. When I was five, I towered above all the boys in my class, so it is something I have grown up with.

I was always quite technical as a player, but when you are the size I am, if you are crap in the air, it is going to look bad.