Tracy Austin famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

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.
-- Tracy Austin

#Tennis #Youth #Realizing
By the time I was 9, I was frequently asked to play exhibitions at grand openings, fund-raisers for charities, and other special events.
-- Tracy Austin

#Play #Special #Charity
The prize money for first place was $2,800, but I didn't take it because I was still an amateur.
-- Tracy Austin

#Firsts #Stills #Prize
When I was 11, I won my first nationals at Savannah, defeating Kelly Henry in the finals.
-- Tracy Austin

#Firsts #Finals #Savannah
Winning that first game was so important; my mother always said that the first game of the second set was the chance to keep it going if you were ahead or change things if you were behind.
-- Tracy Austin

#Mother #Winning #Second Chance
To meet my goals, I couldn't let up when I was playing tennis.
-- Tracy Austin

#Inspirational #Goal #Tennis
We've gotta give Richard Williams a lot of credit - to give us two number one champions is a phenomenal feat.
-- Tracy Austin

#Two #Numbers #Giving
My mind started wandering. I started playing carefully, instead of playing the way that had gotten me to that point. I had to force myself to keep driving the ball.
-- Tracy Austin

#Ukulele #Mind #Way
Make sure your daughter's goal is her goal, not your goal.
-- Tracy Austin

#Leadership #Sports #Daughter
In Toronto, Serena Williams was not fit at all, not striking the ball well at all, and went three sets with someone (ranked) 92 in the world,
-- Tracy Austin

#Balls #Toronto #World
My sister and I are opposites in many ways. She is six feet tall, while I'm five feet four.
-- Tracy Austin

#Feet #Opposites #Way
Pam has always been my glamorous big sister - 13 years older than I. She played on the women's circuit for nine years and came home to tell me stories of France, Japan.
-- Tracy Austin

#Home #Japan #Years
I began playing in the Pacific Coast Indoor Tennis Championships.
-- Tracy Austin

#Tennis #Championship #Coast
I didn't want to just rally at the baseline, even though that happened a lot.
-- Tracy Austin

#Want
From one match to the next, I kept on winning.
-- Tracy Austin

#Winning #Next
I won the Wimbledon mixed doubles title in 1980.
-- Tracy Austin

#Titles #Wimbledon
I was planning to remain an amateur for a while.
-- Tracy Austin

#Planning
Mary Joe Fernandez rarely has a bad loss. She never tries for stupid shots.
-- Tracy Austin

#Stupid #Loss #Trying
My brother Jeff is now my agent at Advantage International in Washington, D.C.
-- Tracy Austin

#Brother #Agents #My Brother
My mom and dad met at UCLA when he as a captain in the Air Force and she was in her junior year.
-- Tracy Austin

#Mom #Dad #Years
I started tennis around age 2.
-- Tracy Austin

#Tennis #Age

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