Prithvi Shaw Quotes

I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket.

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 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.

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

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

I've played too many tennis hours.

Tennis is a funny game, and it takes a life-time of keeping one's eyes open on the circuit to have any chance of understanding the strange phenomena that exist in our exciting sport!

I know my serve stinks, but I was a pretty good tennis player.

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.

I don't know much about Mauresmo apart from the fact she played great tennis. Is she a good technician? I don't know those parameters.

It takes years of practice to become a World No. 1 or 2.

I played tennis when I was younger. I don't know if I could have been a professional, but I am still passionate about it.

Tennis is interesting. I feel, in terms of stats and stuff, maybe we're a little bit behind the curve, especially me just coming to the States and seeing stats used for, obviously, NFL, NBA, et cetera. Especially in baseball, there's stats galore.

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.

There is no such thing as bad luck in tennis. Just bad technique.

I was very fortunate to have a coach when I was young who taught me all the traditional shots and taught me a pretty traditional game style, in a way.

I passed my Lawn Tennis Association coaching exam, and I persuaded my local club to let me use a court after school and on Saturdays.

My priority is always playing tennis and practising and doing my schedule with my tennis.

My role is to think about tennis and to help Serena Williams be the best she can be and do what she wants to achieve.

Well, Margaret Court was the first one, first professional woman - or maybe man - to actually take it into the gyms. She worked out on her body, she was very strong, very fast on the court.

I moved to Spain, and at all the tournaments I'd play, I would be really good in my age. That made me realize that I could be a pro.

It was tennis that got me started in business. When I was 16 and about to embark on my A-levels, I set up a tennis academy and became one of the youngest qualified tennis coaches in the country. It did well; by the time I was 19 I was able to buy my first house.

I'm really lucky to have Lindsay Davenport as my coach. She was number one in the world, and she's won Grand Slams, so if there's any person who can help me get through, it's her. Getting her advice is very special for me.

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.