You Can
Quote Me On That!
The greatest quips, insights and zingers from the world of professional tennis
by Paul Fein
Quote
of the Week:
April 24 , 2008: “Now the umpires can hide even more behind these calls. It makes it really hard for us. They tend to now just let us do the work, the tough stuff. They let us get embarrassed, basically.”
—Roger Federer, rightly lambasting the inept and unfair implementation of Hawk-Eye electronic line-calling system by means of Player Challenges.
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"Paul
Fein is tennis' answer to John Bartlett.
This exhaustive work belongs next to Bud Collins'
encyclopedia on your tennis reference desk."
-- Sports Illustrated
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You Can Quote Me on That
isn't about the polite, country-club sport where
players shake hands over the net and offer congratulations
on a fine drop shot. It views tennis from inside, where
competition is grueling, tempers flare, and egos collide.
Top tennis journalist Paul Fein has compiled hundreds
of the most outrageous, most significant, and most illuminating
quotes on, by, and about tennis's biggest stars and
hottest controversies.
You want smack talk? How about
Maria Sharapova brushing aside an intended compliment
with "I'm not the next Kournikova—I want
to win matches!"
Wonder why Jimmy Connors
was such a cutthroat? According to his mother, "Jimmy
was taught to be a tiger on the court. When he was young,
if I had a shot I could hit down his throat, I did.
And I'd say, ‘See, Jimmy, even your mother
will do that to you.'"
Fein even delves into
the gritty detail of players' personal lives. Witness
Andre Agassi's explanation that "sex
doesn't interfere with your tennis; it's staying
out all night trying to find it that affects your tennis."
And of course legendary bad boy John McEnroe
both fires off and gets hits with multiple zingers.
Fein includes quotes of praise,
thoughtful commentary, and interesting points about
players, tournaments, and the game—where it's
been and where it's headed. If it's about
tennis and worth remembering, well, You
Can Quote Me on That.
Read the Introduction
Read the Contents
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Writing Awards:
Paul won 1st Prize in the 2007 CNW/FFWA Florida State Writing Competition for his feature "Tennis for the Bloody Fun of It." He and co-author Christopher Noble received a 3rd Honorable Mention for their essay "Why Player Challenges Are a Bad Call."
Paul also won 1st Prize
in the 2005 United States Tennis Writers Association
writing contest in the Feature Category for his story
"Who Is The Greatest Tennis Player
Ever?" It was his fifth 1st Prize award in the
annual USTWA writing contest in the past seven years.
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Confidential
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Tennis Confidential II
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Greatest Players, Matches
and Controversies!
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