Quotes tagged ‘tennis’

(13 total)

“Seemingly out of nowhere, Osaka was back in the match, seemingly re-energized and refocused.”

“It was about feeling like I was on the verge of falling off a cliff—which is why I constantly returned to the court to figure out how to keep climbing.”

— Maria Sharapova, Vogue, vogue.com

“Hit this one, and I'll sleep with you. [ball hits an official] Too bad. You could've used the workout.”

— Adam Brooks, Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin, Lizzie Bradbury, Kirsten Dunst, imdb.com

“Presently ranked 119th in the world. Sport is cruel. Now I know it doesn't sound too bad. Four million tennis players in the world, and I'm 119th. But what that really means is this—118 guys out there are faster, stronger, better, and younger. And it gets you thinking.”

— Adam Brooks, Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin, Peter Colt, Paul Bettany, imdb.com

“James Bond: What have you learned so far? Vijay: Well, my backhand's improving.”

— George MacDonald Fraser, Richard Maibaum, Michael G. Wilson, James Bond, Roger Moore, imdb.com

“This has been the ask of women, and most especially, of nonwhite women, since the beginning of time: Take the diminution and injustice and don’t get mad about it; if you get mad, you will get punished for it, and then you will be expected to fix it, to make sure everyone is comfortable again.”

— Rebecca Traister, thecut.com

“Larry: Well, you grunt every shot and it's really annoying, and it's throwing me off. Cheryl: Oh! Is that why you're losing? Larry: It sounds like pigs fucking!”

— Larry David, Larry David, imdb.com

“The depressing thing about tennis is that no matter how good I get, I’ll never be as good as a wall.”

— Mitch Hedberg, twitter.com

“Why can’t Michael Jackson play table tennis? Because he’s dead.”

— Unknown, tcat.tc

“I have no words. I don't know how I got here. Just hard work—that's it.”

— Sloane Stephens, si.com

“[I realized] that I’m a real fighter, that I have a lot of grit. ... If you work really hard, if you fight your way through and fight your way back, you can make some things happen for yourself.”

— Sloane Stephens, deadspin.com

“Back pain isn't something that goes away very quickly. It's like a cloud in your head, it makes you unhappy and you are disappointed that your connection with the ball doesn't come back.”

— Roger Federer, gulfnews.com

“If the object of tennis is to hit the ball into the net and swear a lot, I’m very, very good.”

— Conan O'Brien, twitter.com