Tennis Quotations
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| Love is nothing in tennis, but in life it's everything. | |||
| - Unknown Author | |||
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| What a polite game tennis is. The chief word in it seems to be "sorry" and admiration of each other's play crosses the net as frequently as the ball. | |||
| - Sir James Matthew Barrie | |||
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| Tennis belongs to the individualistic past - a hero, or at most a pair of friends or lovers, against the world. | |||
| - Jacques Barzun | |||
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| In tennis the addict moves about a hard rectangle and seeks to ambush a fuzzy ball with a modified snow-shoe. | |||
| - Elliot Chaze | |||
| The primary conception of tennis is to get the ball over the net and at the same time to keep it within bounds of the court; failing this, within the borders of the neighborhood. | |||
| - Elliot Chaze | |||
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| The serve was invented so that the net could play. | |||
| - Bill Cosby | |||
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| A perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquility. | |||
| - Billie Jean King | |||
| Ladies, here's a hint. If you're up against a girl with big boobs, bring her to the net and make her hit backhand volleys. That's the hardest shot for the well-endowed. | |||
| - Billie Jean King | |||
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| Tennis is an addiction that once it has truly hooked a man will not let him go. | |||
| - Russell Lynes | |||