"Open" Quotes

I play tennis for a living even though I hate tennis, hate it with a dark and secret passion, and always have.

What I hate is the idea of tennis, the idea that this is what I do, that this, more than anything else, is my life.

I always hated tennis, hated it with a passion, and still do.

I hit the ball as hard as I can. I hit the ball as hard as I can. I hit the ball as hard as I can.

The ball doesn't know how I feel. The ball doesn't care. I'm just a man at the center of a court and a ball is just a thing with a felt cover.

I'm not just a person on a court. I'm a person in the world.

I don't play tennis to win matches. That's not the point. I play tennis to play tennis.

The only way to survive the pressure is to embrace it. You have to live for the pressure.

I'm not just hitting the ball. I'm hitting the ball in the face of everything I hate about tennis.

I play every match as if it's my last, and I play it as if it's my first.