#tennis

I was very, very shy as a younger girl, just petrified of people. Tennis helped give me an identity and made me feel like somebody. ↗

— Chris Evert

#girl #give #give me #helped #i

Relationships are give-and-take, and when you're a tennis player, you're certainly not giving. You have to be self-absorbed. It has to be about you. ↗

— Chris Evert

#certainly #giving #player #relationships #self-absorbed

To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost. ↗

— Chris Evert

#arrogant #champion #inflexible #kind #self-absorbed

When I was younger, I was a robot. Wind her up and she plays tennis. ↗

— Chris Evert

#i #plays #robot #she #tennis

In the tennis world, there weren't a whole lot of Asians playing. You see it a little bit more now. The same can really be said for basketball. ↗

— Michael Chang

#basketball #bit #little #little bit #lot

Tennis and golf are best played, not watched. ↗

— Roger Kahn

#best #golf #played #tennis #watched

Maybe, one other match better; but if you look at the tournament as a whole, I played very high quality tennis for seven matches and raised my game when I needed to. ↗

— Richard Krajicek

#game #high #high quality #i #look

I think that tennis is a lady's sport, so we should look out there like ladies. ↗

— Anna Kournikova

#i think #ladies #lady #like #look

It's true I always try to be as seductive as possible but I wouldn't be here if I couldn't play tennis. ↗

— Anna Kournikova

#here #i #i always #play #possible

When I was 12, every little girl in Russia was trying to wear her hair like mine and playing tennis. ↗

— Anna Kournikova

#girl #hair #her #i #like