Best tennis quotes

TheNachoMan

TheNachoMan

Legend
Here is some of my favorite tennis quotes

“When I'm at my best I am more like Djokovic game wise, when I'm not, I'm more like Murray."
- Borna Coric

“Rafael is not a tennis player. He is an injured man who plays tennis.”
- Toni Nadal

“If, if, if? Doesn’t exist.”
- Rafa Nadal

“We need a clown for this circus”
- Roger Federer

”It slipped out of my hand“
- Nick Kyrgios after throwing a water bottle at the umpire

“I just count my millions. That’s what I do“
- Bernard Tomic

”Your mom likes it slow“
- Ivo Karlovic

“It’s my *expletive* time now”
- Alexander Zverev

”He’s quite one dimensional with his game“
- Roger Federer on Rafa Nadal
 
Mustard

Mustard

Bionic Poster
"If I have a son, I'll tell him 'never play tennis like this man'"

Goran Ivanisevic on Mark Woodforde at the 1998 US Open, after Woodforde said that he only had a big serve.


"There is no rivalry between myself and Rafa"

Roger Federer at 2006 Rome


"Long may the non-rivalry continue"

Jason Goodall, during the 2006 Rome final
 
TheNachoMan

TheNachoMan

Legend
Mustard said:
"If I have a son, I'll tell him 'never play tennis like this man'"

Goran Ivanisevic on Mark Woodforde, after Woodforde said that he only had a big serve.


"There is no rivalry between myself and Rafa"

Roger Federer at 2006 Rome


"Long may the non-rivalry continue"

Jason Goodall, during the 2006 Rome final
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Fed’s arrogance was at its peak in the mid 2000s. lol. Can’t blame him. Everyone needs a humbling sometimes though.
 
Airspun

Airspun

Hall of Fame
Zverev:

"I did not hit her, I did NooooT, oh hi Mark."

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TheNachoMan

TheNachoMan

Legend
“Man you better shut your *expletive* up. Hey Stefanos, you wanna look at me and talk? You have some problems and you go emergency toilet for 5 minutes, and then you hit let and you don't say sorry, and you think you are a good kid? Look at me. Hey look at me. Look at me! He started it. Yeah he started it, he said *expletive* Russian you think this is normal? I answered him because he doesn't know how to fight. He's a small kid who doesn't know how to fight.”
- Daniil Medvedev
 
TheNachoMan

TheNachoMan

Legend
After achieving number one in singles, an Argentine reporter asked Rios what it felt like to be at the same status as Guillermo Vilas; he answered, "I've been compared to Vilas for a while now. I do not know him. All I know is that he was No. 2, and I'm No. 1."
 
Hood_Man

Hood_Man

G.O.A.T.
Mustard said:
"If I have a son, I'll tell him 'never play tennis like this man'"

Goran Ivanisevic on Mark Woodforde at the 1998 US Open, after Woodforde said that he only had a big serve.


"There is no rivalry between myself and Rafa"

Roger Federer at 2006 Rome


"Long may the non-rivalry continue"

Jason Goodall, during the 2006 Rome final
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Mustard said:
"If Goran doesn't go on to win the title, I'll be pissed at him"

Marat Safin at 2001 Wimbledon, after Goran Ivanisevic beat him in the quarter finals
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Mustard said:
The whole Jeff Tarango incident at 1995 Wimbledon against Alexander Mronz has to be the funniest. Telling the crowd to "shut up", calling Bruno Rebeuh "the most corrupt official in the game" and slamming the balls down and shouting "No way! That's it!" before walking out :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:
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Mustard said:
"Nobody told him to come to the net"

Ivan Lendl, after John McEnroe had complained in a presser about Lendl hitting balls straight at him


"I won't run away from you like McEnroe"

Jimmy Connors to Ivan Lendl in 1982
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Someone's enjoying themselves ;)
 
C

crimson87

Semi-Pro
I think Vilas said it before. Think I heard it when he received the trophy on the 1974 Masters. Although some said Santana said it before him.
 
M

merwy

G.O.A.T.
Too lazy to look them up but Roddick has so many good quotes from his press conferences. Notably the one about Djokovic having SARS and bird-flu. Also the one where Roddick says if there were rankings of press conferences, he wouldn't have to worry about dropping out of the top 5 any time soon.
 
Fabresque

Fabresque

Legend
“Your hat looks ridiculous also, it’s not even sunny” - Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios to Fergus Murphy

“You’re a Potato with legs and arms” - Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios to Fergus Merphy part 2

“You’re a ****ing tool, bro” *spits* - Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios to Fergus Merphy part 3

“You can’t smell that? Somebody is getting high, I am feeling a little dizzy” - Djokovic to the umpire after sniffing some Mary Jane in Canada.

“Well he say it’s a privilege to play for our country…” - Rafael Nadal, translating Djokovic’s English to… English.

“No. I like challenges but I am not stupid!” - Rafael Nadal after a reporter asked if he was glad Djokovic exists.

And one of my favorites in recent memory. Houston 2022.

Mr. Nicholas Kyrgios -

Kyrgios - “Is this camera going on TV?”
Umpire - “Yes”
Kyrgios - *Looks directly into camera*
“My foot doesn’t move at all on my serve, but apparently in Houston it moves.”
*Broadcasters cheekily change the camera which is being broadcast to the TV, so Nick is just talking to nobody*

Hilarious man.
 
TheNachoMan

TheNachoMan

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Fabresque said:
“Your hat looks ridiculous also, it’s not even sunny” - Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios to Fergus Murphy

“You’re a Potato with legs and arms” - Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios to Fergus Merphy part 2

“You’re a ****ing tool, bro” *spits* - Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios to Fergus Merphy part 3

“You can’t smell that? Somebody is getting high, I am feeling a little dizzy” - Djokovic to the umpire after sniffing some Mary Jane in Canada.

“Well he say it’s a privilege to play for our country…” - Rafael Nadal, translating Djokovic’s English to… English.

“No. I like challenges but I am not stupid!” - Rafael Nadal after a reporter asked if he was glad Djokovic exists.

And one of my favorites in recent memory. Houston 2022.

Mr. Nicholas Kyrgios -

Kyrgios - “Is this camera going on TV?”
Umpire - “Yes”
Kyrgios - *Looks directly into camera*
“My foot doesn’t move at all on my serve, but apparently in Houston it moves.”
*Broadcasters cheekily change the camera which is being broadcast to the TV, so Nick is just talking to nobody*

Hilarious man.
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Nicholas Hilmy Kyrgios is a legend.
 
P

pj80

Legend
Q. He seemed fairly confident beforehand. Were there any elements of you that wanted to put him in his place a little bit?
ROGER FEDERER: Not really. I mean, I think my previous opponent, you know, didn't receive the respect he deserved, I thought. Nobody was talking about a tough opponent for me, Mikhail Youzhny. He's a fantastic player who played semis at the US Open.
I get to the next round and everybody's talking about Djokovic. I couldn't really figure it out.

AO 2007
 
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Angrybirdstar

Semi-Pro
Federer had some harsh words for Murray’s recent success in the 2011 Asian swing.

“I’m not taking anything away from what he did but was Asia the strongest this year?” he said. “I’m not sure. Novak wasn’t there, I wasn’t there and Rafa lost early. But it has been a good effort by him after losing to Kevin Anderson in Montreal.”
 
TheNachoMan

TheNachoMan

Legend
Angrybirdstar said:
Federer had some harsh words for Murray’s recent success in the 2011 Asian swing.

“I’m not taking anything away from what he did but was Asia the strongest this year?” he said. “I’m not sure. Novak wasn’t there, I wasn’t there and Rafa lost early. But it has been a good effort by him after losing to Kevin Anderson in Montreal.”
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Federer was a savage. lol
 
Clay lover

Clay lover

Legend
Whathappenedinmontecarlohappenedwhathappenedinbarcelonahappenedwhathappenedinmadridhappened.

And here we are.


Know Nadal's not known for his intelligence here but his ability to say something by saying something else with his one liners denotes some kind of wit. Same with his comments about being Federer's boyfriend and equal pay and stuff.
 
jl809

jl809

Legend
“Confidence? Are you kidding me? I mean, please.
Look, some players grow up and play like that. I remember losing junior matches. Just being down 5-2 in the third, and they all just start slapping shots. It all goes in for some reason, because that's the kind of way they grew up playing when they were down.
I never played that way. I believe in hard work's gonna pay off kinda thing, because early on maybe I didn't always work at my hardest. So for me, this is very hard to understand how can you play a shot like that on match point.

But, look, maybe he's been doing it for 20 years, so for him it was very normal. You've got to ask him.”
 
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