#tennis

When I committed to playing a little tennis in some exhibitions, it was the best thing for me. It got me in shape. It got me out of the house. It got me doing something I love to do. ↗

— Pete Sampras

#committed #doing #exhibitions #got #house

I did realise more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business. ↗

— Monica Seles

#business #did #ever #i #more

I have this terrible dark side to my personality, which playing tennis keeps at bay. ↗

— Monica Seles

#dark #dark side #i #keeps #personality

Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it. ↗

— Monica Seles

#everything #going #live #make #tennis

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

— Monica Seles

#guess #i #tennis #way

I used to cut guitars out of a piece of cardboard to copy the Strat look. I used a backwards tennis racket for a while and graduated to the cardboard cutout. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#cardboard #copy #cut #graduated #guitars

I used to play a lot of racket sports, tennis and squash. ↗

— Jason Statham

#lot #play #racket #sports #squash

Like most North Americans of his generation, Hal tends to know way less about why he feels certain ways about the objects and pursuits he's devoted to than he does about the objects and pursuits themselves. It's hard to say for sure whether this is even exceptionally bad, this tendency. ↗

— David Foster Wallace

#perspective #purpose #tennis #perspective

Tennis Australia really led the charge as far as upping the prize money and trying to do the right thing by the players. They also led the way so women have equal prize money in all the grand slams too. ↗

— Samantha Stosur

#as far as #australia #charge #do the right thing #equal

Tennis is all about mental toughness, and you have to keep your head in the game. I make time to relax away from competition pressures, travel and intense training schedules to make sure I'm looking after myself. Taking time out with family and friends helps to maintain the work-life balance everyone needs. ↗

— Samantha Stosur

#after #away #balance #competition #everyone