Virginia Wade famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

It's only when it comes to crunch time that people's true character comes out.
-- Virginia Wade

#Athlete #Character #People
At the end I couldn't hear what the Queen was saying to me. But it was just great to see her lips moving.
-- Virginia Wade

#Queens #Moving #Tennis
Winners aren't popular, losers often are.
-- Virginia Wade

#Tennis #Loser #Winner
I don't make friends with the girls I'm playing against. It would be too painful to beat them.
-- Virginia Wade

#Girl #Tennis #Would Be
Tennis is a fine balance between determination and tiredness.
-- Virginia Wade

#Determination #Tennis #Balance
She [Monica Seles] has so much control of the racket with those double-handed wrists.
-- Virginia Wade

#Tennis #Wrists #Monica
Martina, she's got several layers of steel out there like a cat with nine lives.
-- Virginia Wade

#Cat #Tennis #Steel
Ann's got to take her nerve by the horns.
-- Virginia Wade

#Tennis #Nerves #Horns
Chris Lloyd came out of the dressing room like a pistol.
-- Virginia Wade

#Tennis #Pistols #Rooms
It's difficult for most people to imagine the creative process in tennis. Seemingly it's just an athletic matter of hitting the ball consistently well within the boundaries of the court. That analysis is just as specious as thinking that the difficulty in portraying King Lear on stage is learning all the lines.
-- Virginia Wade

#Kings #Thinking #People
I always felt that I hadn't achieved what I wanted to achieve. I always felt I could get better. That's the whole incentive.
-- Virginia Wade

#Achievement #Get Better #Incentives

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