The basic elements of tennis are the same as those of everyday life, because every match is a miniature life.
— Andre Agassi
The infinite roots of tennis’s beauty are self-competitive.
One competes with one’s own limits in order to transcend the self through imagination and execution.
— David Foster Wallace
What’s my best shot?
The next one.
— Patrick Rafter
The problem with me is that in every match I play against five opponents: the umpire, the crowd, the ball kids, the court… and myself.
— Goran Ivanišević
