Tennis

(121 votes)   Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater. When I step on the court I feel like Anna Pavlova. Or like Adelina Patti. Or even like Sarah Bernhardt. I see the footlights in front of me. I hear the whisperings of the audience. I feel an icy shudder. Win or die! Now or never! It's the crisis of my life.

Bill Tilden
1893-1953, American Tennis Player

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(110 votes)   One day you can be a kid, but another day you have to be like this is your job, you play tennis. You have to work for that.

Martina Hingis
1980-, Swiss Tennis Player

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(106 votes)   Tennis can be a grind and there's always the danger of going stale if you think about it too much. You can get embittered if you train too hard and have nothing else on your mind. You have to be able to relax between matches and between tournaments.

Maureen Connolly
1934-1969, First American Woman to Win the Grand Slam of Tennis

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