"I started tennis around age 2."
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"To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis."
"I was too young to take it all in. I was too young to even realize I was young. I was just living my life."
"I never thought about leaving a tennis legacy. I always thought about leaving a legacy of fulfillment, living out your dreams, and giving back."
"I love tennis more than designing because it's actually easier and I don't get nearly as nervous."
"We do more ready-to-wear and ath-leisure, things you would wear everyday. I never close my mind to anything and eventually want to branch out. But for now, tennis is still number one for me."
"I figure J-Lo does all these movies and all these videos and all this other stuff...I know I can play tennis and act and do photo shoots and model. I know I can do all that."
"I never close my mind to anything and eventually want to branch out. But for now, tennis is still number one for me."
"I was glad to watch the soccer because it helps my tennis game, realize maybe they're just rooting for the underdog."
"There are people who live, breathe and dress tennis."
"Those who say that Serena isn't serious about tennis; she wants to go Hollywood. That's true, about Hollywood. I would love to get a lot of acting gigs. But you wouldn't believe the stuff I've turned down because of my tournament schedule...I would do well beside (comedian) Chris Tucker."
"Tennis is my job, but it's not my life."
"Sure, I've been on the Tube...I caught it to Eastbourne once."
"Tennis is physical chess."
"I play better tennis because the court is there."
"A tennis racket makes a great fake guitar!"
"I don't do a huge amount of physical activity. I play tennis, I work out sporadically, and I eat well and take care of myself."
"Conversation is much like a tennis game except that in tennis you try to put the ball in the most difficult position for the one who must hit it - while in conversation you must try to put it where it will be easy to hit."
"I actually enjoy working with green screen, because I can imagine all that stuff happening, and I really cut my teeth on a movie I made called "Adaptation" where I had to imagine four-page dialogue scenes with my twin brother, who was nothing more than a tennis ball and a gas stand."
"My grandfather told me that I should have a series of headshots, one with a tennis racket, one dressed as a naval officer, and one dressed as a cheeky chappie. He said, "If you have those headshots, the world is your oyster.""