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Quote Sport Unquote

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Tennis - Ille Nastase to William Shakespeare

 

They should send Borg away to another planet. We play tennis. He plays something else.

Ille Nastase

 

John has reached the stage where he no longer cares what happens to him. He’s like the boxer who gets hit by a good punch and smiles to acknowledge it.

John Newcombe on McEnroe

 

I didn't aspire to be a good sport; 'champion' was good enough for me.

England's fiercely competitive Fred Perry , the son of a working class Member of Parliament, who won three straight Wimbledons (1934-36) and was renowned for gamesmanship.

 

Give Chris a finger like I did and she’ll take the whole hand.

Eva Pfaff, no 73 ranked after losing to Chris Lloyd having three set points.

 

Generally, all the Australians, we pull together a lot, especially around big occasions like the Grand Slams and around the Davis Cup. We usually are always there for each other. We always put in 100 percent. That's not to say the Americans don't. They do, you know. They've got great examples as in Pete [Sampras] and as in Michael Chang and you've got [Jan-Michael] Gambill coming through, Todd Martin. I believe a lot in cycles. You might look ten years down in time and someone else might be fantastic. Just goes in cycles a little bit.

Pat Rafter on the role of tradition in Australian tennis

 

All women tennis players should go on their knees in thankfulness to Suzanne Lenglen for delivering them from the tyranny of corsets.

Bunny Ryan

 

When we have matched our rackets to these balls,

We will in France, by God's grace, play a set

Shall strike his fathers crown into the hazard

William Shakespeare, Henry V, Act 1 Scene 2 line 187