#tennis

My mom, she's from Ireland, coached tennis in Nigeria when she was a missionary and turned me on to it when I was young. ↗

— Donal Logue

#i #ireland #me #missionary #mom

A great tennis career is something that a 15-year-old normally doesn't have. I hope my example helps other teens believe they can accomplish things they never thought possible. ↗

— Maria Sharapova

#believe #career #example #great #helps

I am a hero worshiper. I love the number one tennis player. I love the number one baseball player. I want to see those records broken. ↗

— Martha Stewart

#ball player #baseball #baseball player #broken #hero

I was always very interested in science, and I knew that for me, science was a better long-term career than tennis. ↗

— Sally Ride

#better #career #i #interested #knew

Core strength and stability is very important to me. Tennis is all about rotation of the body and my ability to create power. I incorporate a lot of abdominal, back and glute exercises into my gym sessions. ↗

— Samantha Stosur

#about #back #body #core #create

The only way to quieten me is to invite me to a tennis match. ↗

— John Forsythe

#match #me #only #tennis #way

I think no matter what you do you go through stages when you play. There was a number of times when I didn't do very well or was tired. It was too much to combine school and tennis altogether. Parents need to step in and say, take a little time off, do something fun. ↗

— Jana Novotna

#combine #fun #go #i #i think

When we plant a rose seed in the earth, we notice that it is small, but we do not criticize it as "rootless and stemless." We treat it as a seed, giving it the water and nourishment required of a seed. When it first shoots up out of the earth, we don't condemn it as immature and underdeveloped; nor do we criticize the buds for not being open when they appear. We stand in wonder at the process taking place and give the plant the care it needs at each stage of its development. The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies. Within it, at all times, it contains its whole potential. It seems to be constantly in the process of change; yet at each state, at each moment, it is perfectly all right as it is. ↗

— W. Timothy Gallwey

#sports #tennis #change

I got picked on a lot. I was a complete geek in school. I had braces. I didn't have the hot girlfriend. I wasn't ever sought after. I was a stocky, awkward kid who got laughed off the tennis court when I tried that. ↗

— Josh Brolin

#awkward #braces #complete #court #ever

Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments we had made without a plan. Improvisation without a plan is like tennis without tennis balls. ↗

— Lars von Trier

#bricks #fact #fragments #had #improvisation