Tennis Enthusiasm Quotes

There was never anything I wanted to do more than play tennis. Never once walked out there and thought, 'I wish I was doing something else.' Not once.

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.

I still get goose-bumps when I walk into the All England Lawn Tennis Club at the start of tournament and that will never change.

I'll just let my tennis talk.

I don't think I'm one of those guys who won't pick up a racket for three years...I love hitting tennis balls.

For me, it's, like, no secret that Serena is my favorite.

I was always following my brothers. If my brothers hadn't played, I never would have picked up a racket. Tennis isn't the most popular sport in Venezuela.

I won't admit to having a poster of Borg on my bedroom door. But I certainly found him to be someone who got me way more into tennis.

In Argentina at various tournaments, it's great. Every day it's full, everybody's crazy about tennis, everybody wants to play tennis.

There are people who live, breathe and dress tennis.

I found out how I missed tennis through the period I didn't play. It was a difficult time to watch girls playing on the TV, me sitting on the sofa with the hand in a splint. I find out then how I love this sport.

What these guys are doing is great for Argentinean tennis. This is motivating other people.

You will never have great tennis champions from England because of the cold and dark, but most of all because people only care about the sport for two weeks a year, and then they're on to something else. There's just not a great love of the sport there.

Tennis, for me, every time I went out on the court, it just gave me such joy to play.

It's just nice to see people enthusiastic about their tennis and want to learn and improve - for me that's the most important thing - I still love my tennis.

I don't need to come back to Wimbledon every year because I can't live without it. I'd be totally cool without tennis.

I dislike the gym, but I'll chase a tennis ball all day.

I follow tennis, and I actually went to Wimbledon during the summer, and it was nice to get a day off during pre-season to watch it. Basketball as well - I don't have a team; it's just a casual interest - especially when the play-offs come around and the intensity rises.

It's nice I inspire the kids. tThat's the most important thing, and more people are now playing tennis, even for fun. That's great.

My role at the USTA allows me to fulfill my ambition to open up opportunities for people to play tennis that may not otherwise have a chance or an outlet to play.

To me, anyone with an Australian accent wielding a tennis racket is cool.

I'm an ardent tennis player. I'm like an overenthusiastic child out there and I've damaged my back. It's not that it's crippling pain, more mental anguish.

Because I've had time off, I've learned to appreciate tennis more - to put something back into it.

I think people have this love-hate relationship with tennis. I also feel like that.

Living in Baltimore at age 11, I was still not single-focused on tennis. I still played other sports. It was becoming a bigger part of my life, but it was still mainly my summer hobby.