Tennis Competition Quotes

I didn't realize until I was doing commentary what a gladiator-like competition tennis is - other than no one dies. The crowd is waiting for the players to come, and they walk through the tunnel, and they get on the court, and they get out their rackets, their weapons, and now they start.

I was very disappointed (at the U.S. Open), and I went out there and I worked really hard.

Tennis is so competitive. I guess that's the way it has to be.

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

I once played amateur tournament tennis six months without double-faulting.

My favorite tournament is the U.S. Open because the atmosphere is great.

Professional tennis has become an extremely physical and unbelievably competitive sport. Injuries are the bane of tennis players, and it goes with the territory.

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.

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

I started in a very small tennis club in a South American country where I never thought about becoming the best tennis player.

I'm not the savior of men's tennis in America. I'm just a kid trying to win a few matches.

This will be my first Grand Slam final without Roger Federer or Novak Djokovic on the other side of the net, but I don't think being the more experienced player will make much difference to my approach.

My aim over the next few months is that I have a lot of points to defend in Miami and Hamburg, after that I can set my sights on No. 1.

I think all of us who kind of live within the sport recognize that Davis Cup certainly could be a little more visible if perhaps there were some adjustments made to it, and it was made a little bit more easy to understand for the fans, if there's a little bit more of a start and finish line.

Serena is tough to beat; to get over her in the rankings is hard.

I always wanted to be a professional player, but when I started playing well in Challengers and, for the first time, I did well at ATP tournaments, I saw that these guys are also beatable.

I like any title with the letters U.S. in front of it. To me, the U.S. Open is the most important tournament in the world.

Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone.

The bad thing about the [tennis] calendar is how it is made and obligates you to play tournaments all year. If you want to achieve the most you can (and) go as high up (in the rankings) as you can, you have to play from the start to the finish because there are important tournaments from the beginning to the end.

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

Tennis is at an amazing time when you've got two of the best players ever to play the game. You can argue the two very best playing in the same generation. It's a rivalry I think that we've never seen in our sport.

There's no doubt Milos Raonic will be a very tough final opponent, after all he beat [ Roger] Federer on Centre Court to get there.

You can't give away points and games against someone like Murray. You're not going to make it to the top with that kind of effort.

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

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.