Kevin Anderson Quotes

I grew up in the USTA's junior circuit.

I never thought I was going to make a career out of tennis, to be honest, until I was 10 or 11 years old. One of my earliest memories is when I was seven, and I was competing against players that were three, four years older than me. I didn't take it too seriously at the time. I was having a lot of fun.

I like playing tennis. I've always enjoyed the process of being a tennis player; I'm just not sure that I enjoyed the travel at the end, and my body didn't recover from the day-to-day grind.

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

But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was hitting with all the pros that would come to town. They would get me on the court or take notice and that stayed with me.

I got my first tennis racket on my seventh birthday. And because we had a tennis court in our backyard, I played every day. By ten I was playing competitively.

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.

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.

Look at Becker and Djokovic. If you look at Novak's record since Boris has been there, it's been phenomenal.

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

The most important thing is definitely success on the tennis court. I know that if I win matches, everything else will fall into place, and the money and sponsors will follow.

With tennis, if you're very good at a young age, you don't even go to your prom. You're down at some tennis academy in Florida where you're on the court 8 hours a day. It's brutal.

Most of the girls who were better than me went to college or quit tennis. It's interesting to see who stuck around. It's pretty crazy to see who was good in juniors, who tried going pro. A lot of people fall off and it's really that difficult to get to each level.

There is no cheap way to achieve the ability to turn pro in tennis; it unfortunately is more expensive than team sports.

I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.

To be a professional tennis player you need to put in these sort of hours.

My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.

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

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 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.

I have a passion for playing tennis and enjoy the workload and struggles of performing in this amazing global sport.

I think that tennis has been in a place for many years without any change. Davis Cup and Fed Cup has always been a very exciting platform for players because it is such an individual sport, and we get to play a team competition. We love being part of a team.

Well, my mum's been a tennis coach - she coached me till I was 12.