Johanna Konta quotes

“If I would go out against some of these players and see them as their ranking, then I probably would have already lost before I even stepped on the court.”
-- Johanna Konta

#Player Quotes #Ranking Quotes #Lost Quotes

“This tennis world, this tennis community, is very much a bubble, and it's very easy to get lost in here. You know, there is a real world out there still.”
-- Johanna Konta

#Real Quotes #Tennis Quotes #Community Quotes

“Every opponent is a new opponent. Trust me, they don't give a crap how many matches I have won.”
-- Johanna Konta

#Giving Quotes #Opponents Quotes #Trust Me Quotes

“I'm not invincible. I'm no Serena Williams.”
-- Johanna Konta

#Invincible Quotes

“I haven't exactly grown wings or anything. I'm happy with how I have been playing so far this week, but my feet are firmly on the ground. I haven't cured cancer or anything.”
-- Johanna Konta

#Cancer Quotes #Wings Quotes #Feet Quotes

“I admire Serena Williams, because, I mean, who doesn't admire Serena Williams?”
-- Johanna Konta

#Mean Quotes #Admire Quotes

“Little Bobby Jones of Atlanta is really a fine player, and shows every indication of becoming a tremendous great one, once he is master of himself, which must come with maturity.”

“Entrepreneurship: 10% coach, 20% player, 30% cheerleader, 40% waterboy.”

“Drawing is one of those things which sit on the uneasy bending line between instinct and instruction, where seeming perversity eventually trumps pleasure as the card players and the kibitzers interact and new thrills are sought.”

“I can't be a hypocrite as a coach because as a player that's what I wanted. I wanted feedback, I wanted communication from the boss. I showed up for work, you can yell at me if you want, but I want input. So that's the kind of coach I want to be.”

“I'm trying not to pay too much attention to the rankings because calculations can distract you.”

“You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of the ranking and play these kind of matches.”

“When you go up in the ranking, for sure you have more friends.”

Source : "US Open 2014 – Stan Wawrinka: 'I have no problem with him. What's happen on the tennis courts, you have to keep it there'". Interview, www.ubitennis.net. September 2, 2014.

“When you love someone, and you've lost that one, then nothing really matters.”

Source : "Song: 'When you love someone'". 2013.

“Continents of memory had been lost.”

“An evening everyone agrees, is a lost evening.”