Virginia Wade

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It's only when it comes to crunch time that people's true character comes out.
- Virginia Wade
Collection: Athlete
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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
Collection: Kings
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Tennis is a fine balance between determination and tiredness.
- Virginia Wade
Collection: Determination
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Winners aren't popular, losers often are.
- Virginia Wade
Collection: Tennis
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When I am playing well I think I play such boring tennis.
- Virginia Wade
Collection: Thinking
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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
Collection: Achievement
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She [Monica Seles] has so much control of the racket with those double-handed wrists.
- Virginia Wade
Collection: Tennis
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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
Collection: Queens
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Ann's got to take her nerve by the horns.
- Virginia Wade
Collection: Tennis
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I don't make friends with the girls I'm playing against. It would be too painful to beat them.
- Virginia Wade
Collection: Girl
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Martina, she's got several layers of steel out there like a cat with nine lives.
- Virginia Wade
Collection: Cat
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Chris Lloyd came out of the dressing room like a pistol.
- Virginia Wade
Collection: Tennis