Bill Tilden quotes
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“Never change a winning game; always change a losing one.”
-- Bill TildenSource : Quoted in Colin Jarman The Guinness Dictionary of Sports Quotations (1990).
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“Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater. When I step on the court I feel like Anna Pavlova. Or like Adelina Patti. Or even like Sarah Bernhardt. I see the footlights in front of me. I hear the whisperings of the audience. I feel an icy shudder. Win or die! Now or never! It's the crisis of my life.”
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“Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater.”
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“To play mixed doubles: hit the girl whenever possible.”
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“You can't achieve anything without getting in someone's way. You can't be detached and effective.”
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“Winning has a joy and discrete purity to it that cannot be replaced by anything else.”
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Source : A. J. Jacobs (2004). “The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World”, p.305, Simon and Schuster
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Source : "Abby Wambach discusses her marriage, sport and future". Interview with Jeff Di Veronica, www.usatoday.com. March 30, 2014.
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“Cincinnati needs to take notes from Houston. Houston fans are among the top five fans in the game.”
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