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"From the beginning, I really felt the French Open would be different from the other majors. First of all, because it's played on clay." -- The insight of ESPN commentator Pam Shriver, writing for ESPN.com. We don't make this stuff up. We don't have to.
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Sorry, Rog, I can't help but pick my favorites:
"You know, I know that in a lot of Grand Slams I think, you know, women's tennis, you know, I mean if you watch -- you know, I'm in the committee of the WTA and, you know, we get a lot of the results back from the Grand Slams and stuff. And, you know, women's tennis, at the moment, I think is a little bit more popular I think, if you compare them to, you know, whatever, TV ratings and stuff like that." -- Kim Clijsters on the state of women's tennis, and, you know, stuff.
"You know, I know that in a lot of Grand Slams I think, you know, women's tennis, you know, I mean if you watch -- you know, I'm in the committee of the WTA and, you know, we get a lot of the results back from the Grand Slams and stuff. And, you know, women's tennis, at the moment, I think is a little bit more popular I think, if you compare them to, you know, whatever, TV ratings and stuff like that." -- Kim Clijsters on the state of women's tennis, and, you know, stuff.
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OMG, it's not only "Jenglish"?JustineTime said:Sorry, Rog, I can't help but pick my favorites:
"You know, I know that in a lot of Grand Slams I think, you know, women's tennis, you know, I mean if you watch -- you know, I'm in the committee of the WTA and, you know, we get a lot of the results back from the Grand Slams and stuff. And, you know, women's tennis, at the moment, I think is a little bit more popular I think, if you compare them to, you know, whatever, TV ratings and stuff like that." -- Kim Clijsters on the state of women's tennis, and, you know, stuff.
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Two interesting ones from KIMMIE:
"I'm not a good actor or anything. I don't see myself doing anything in that direction. It creates more opportunities to expand yourself and your personality. You just have to be yourself. That's what Serena and Venus are doing." -- Kim Clijsters, whose personality has expanded about as far as it's going to get.
"Sometimes she was like limping after points she lost and the next point she was running all the balls down...Those were like little signs where I thought maybe she was faking it a little bit." -- Sore loser Kim Clijsters, telling the LA Times of Henin's poor sportsmanship in the San Diego final
"I'm not a good actor or anything. I don't see myself doing anything in that direction. It creates more opportunities to expand yourself and your personality. You just have to be yourself. That's what Serena and Venus are doing." -- Kim Clijsters, whose personality has expanded about as far as it's going to get.
"Sometimes she was like limping after points she lost and the next point she was running all the balls down...Those were like little signs where I thought maybe she was faking it a little bit." -- Sore loser Kim Clijsters, telling the LA Times of Henin's poor sportsmanship in the San Diego final
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Cute:
"I can walk around fine, but I don't have a desk job." -- Venus Williams after retiring in the Warsaw final due to an abdominal strain.
"I can walk around fine, but I don't have a desk job." -- Venus Williams after retiring in the Warsaw final due to an abdominal strain.
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Actually, Vee does as the CEO of VStarr Interiors. Plus (like tennis and fashion school, takes it quite seriously, though this biz is just "preseason" for her eventual fashion industry career. She goes and examines fabric, er "the whole nine yards" of it.Pureracket said:
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"It was a very slow serve, and a lot of double faults. Sometimes it was amazing. I just tried to stay focused on myself." -- Justine Henin-Hardenne, holding back laughter, on the Anna Kournikova serve
"It was a very slow serve, and a lot of double faults. Sometimes it was amazing. I just tried to stay focused on myself." -- Justine Henin-Hardenne, holding back laughter, on the Anna Kournikova serve
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"I've never been able to grow a beard, so I just thought I'd see how long it takes me. It's been a long time, about a month, and it’s still not quite there.” -- Wayne Ferreira on his struggle to grow facial hair.
"I have an easy schedule this year. I haven't been playing as much as I used. I decided to come over to the U.S. for four weeks starting here up to Cincinnati. I didn't want to kill myself again, the way I have the last 11 or 12 years...I've been fortunate enough to accomplish all those goals I had in my career. I re-thought what I wanted to do and I didn't have too many thoughts on what I wanted to do in 2003. I haven't had too many plans." -- Yevgeny Kafelnikov in Indianapolis revealing why he cut his schedule from playing 42 weeks to 40 weeks.
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"I have an easy schedule this year. I haven't been playing as much as I used. I decided to come over to the U.S. for four weeks starting here up to Cincinnati. I didn't want to kill myself again, the way I have the last 11 or 12 years...I've been fortunate enough to accomplish all those goals I had in my career. I re-thought what I wanted to do and I didn't have too many thoughts on what I wanted to do in 2003. I haven't had too many plans." -- Yevgeny Kafelnikov in Indianapolis revealing why he cut his schedule from playing 42 weeks to 40 weeks.
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"SI.com: Rather than two Williamses, we now have two Belgians in the final. Did anything you saw Thursday change your pre-tournament prediction that Clijsters will win?" -- SI.com's Jon Wertheim, Q&A-ing himself with an added ego massage on the Sports Illustrated tennis website.
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"The more kilos you have to move around, the more it weighs on your knees. Then of course in terms of stamina, the way you move around, it's a little extra. It might not be much, but when you exercise with two, three extra kilos, you can feel a difference; it's important." -- Amelie Mauresmo on how tough it is to move around if you're fat.
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I'll tire of this soon
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I'll tire of this soon
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"People think we all drive Porsches. If you want, I'll take you to the car park so you can see my car. You can put a picture of it in the newspaper and people will see what sort of cars we drive." -- French qualifier Nicolas Coutelot after his victory over Italian Davide Sanguinetti. Don't worry Nicolas, we already know that French qualifiers drive those Euro boxy crap cars.
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"I was out for seven months last year, I broke my hand and then had a fracture in my lower back. I've never practiced as much as I have the last couple of months and I've never been as well prepared for a new season. I want to reach my old ranking, then I can set some new goals. If I continue to play well I think I can get there pretty quick. I'll just continue to work hard. I think I can play even better than I am doing now." -– Swede Andreas Vinciguerra, coming back to form after lengthy injury layoff
Vincy!
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pfffffffftQueen Rebecca said:"I was out for seven months last year, I broke my hand and then had a fracture in my lower back. I've never practiced as much as I have the last couple of months and I've never been as well prepared for a new season. I want to reach my old ranking, then I can set some new goals. If I continue to play well I think I can get there pretty quick. I'll just continue to work hard. I think I can play even better than I am doing now." -– Swede Andreas Vinciguerra, coming back to form after lengthy injury layoff
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"On clay, it's just so bad. You know, I see people get my balls back that I know on a hardcourt would probably not come back. They slide 10 feet, they get them back, we start the point again. Unfortunately, I do not have the ability to be able to do that." -- Lindsey Davenport at Roland Garros.
At least shes honest
At least shes honest
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The "Notes, Quotes, and Barbs" section of the site http://www.tennis-x.com is often laced with real funny stuff, though a little mean @ times. (Waits for someone to post that they get all their stuff from this board). 
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Really like that devil icon, don'tcha, Rog?
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When you were still slumming it on that other board, there were player pics, aka avatars, here that ppl put to the left of their names. And one of the most popular ones was the "JujuDevil" pic with horns growing out of her head. If you'd come here in search of your Luv (B4 she got involved in this steamy Lesbian fling with CariJustineTime said:Really like that devil icon, don'tcha, Rog?
) you'd have gotten your chance 2B "horny for Juju" literally!
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"I never really wanted to go to school, you know. School is always gonna be there. I didn't want to be all -- 'cause, you know, agents and things like that, companies, they make players feel bad. When you get like 20 and, "Hey, I want a contract," they're like, "She's too old." They want a 14-year-old. That makes players feel really bad. That's one reason why I didn't consider school." -- American Angela Haynes on the merit of not getting an education.
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