"The Funniest Tennis Quotes... Ever!" by Gordon Law
July 11, 2024
1. John McEnroe: "You cannot be serious!"
2. Boris Becker: "I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I love to play."
3. Andre Agassi: "Being number two sucks."
4. Goran Ivanisevic: "Last year I lost to his brother [John], this year I lose to him. Next year, maybe I can win against his sister." (after his defeat to Patrick McEnroe in 1993)
5. Pete Sampras: (in response to the question, "What’s the difference between you and Patrick Rafter?") "Ten Grand Slams."
6. Andre Agassi: "Let’s see what you’ve got, big boy."
Andy Roddick: "Hair."
7. Andy Roddick: "Back and hip. Cramp. Bird flu. Anthrax. SARS. Common cough and cold. You know, he’s either quick to call a trainer, or he’s the most courageous guy of all time." (on Novak Djokovic’s injuries)
8. Novak Djokovic: "I see him more often than my mum, actually." (on yet another meeting with Rafael Nadal)
9. Rafael Nadal: (when asked, "Do you design your own shirt?") "I am not Sharapova."
10. Anna Kournikova: "It’s not really a shorter skirt, I just have longer legs."
11. Marat Safin: "I am enjoying the sport I’ve been playing since six. It’s better than cleaning the streets of Moscow."
12. Marat Safin: "Here, for the first few days it’s like a zoo. It’s like a million people running around, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, grandmothers, so many people. That’s pretty much annoying." (on The US Open)
13. Jimmy Connors: "Oversized rackets are for women, old people and sissies."
14. John McEnroe: "Tennis judges are usually frustrated tennis guys who didn’t make it, or old people who want to be around the sport."
15. Arthur Ashe: "I never misbehaved because I was afraid if I did anything like that my father could come up and kick my a*s."
16. Goran Ivanisevic: "I still break rackets, but now I do it in a positive way."
17. Ivan Lendl: "If you want tantrums or comedy, don’t come and see me."
18. John McEnroe: "The best doubles team is John McEnroe and anybody else."
19. Nikolay Davydenko: "Prince gave everything to [Maria] Sharapova and [it has] no money anymore." (on why he has no racket endorsement contract)
20. Rafael Nadal: "I have pain not just in one place – I have it in my famous a*s." (after losing his Australian Open quarter-final to Fernando Gonzales)
21. Andy Murray: "I named one of my dogs after him. He was someone I loved growing up." (on Lleyton Hewitt)
22. John McEnroe: "I can’t rationalise talking to press people because they’re not rational people."
23. Nick Bollettieri: "She changed coaches more times than I changed wives." (on Laura Robson)
24. Jim Courier: "The dumber you are on court, the better you’re going to play."
These quotes capture the humor and candid nature of some of tennis's biggest personalities.
