Court Positioning Quotes

I can stretch the defense.

I always thought the objective of basketball was to get the maximum amount of movement to get the easiest shot, closest to the basket. With the three-point rule, the whole strategy changes, and you make a move and then throw it 30 feet out, where somebody takes a standing jump shot.

Outdoor tennis plays into my strengths a little better.

Most of the time, I'm playing right-handed players, so it's a little easier to adjust going back to a righty.

I learned so much from Sue about the Xs and Os of the game of basketball.

There are some guys you have problems beating because of their style - I always had difficulties with guys like Michael Chang and Andre Agassi because their returns were so good and they played so well in defence.

Tennis is a hard sport. There is a lot of competition all year and you play alone.

I'm a decent tennis player. Good backhand.

With that corner 3, it's the highest percentage shot in the game.

I think the players, I put in the book for example that we should go back to wood rackets, probably they laughed at me, I'm a dinosaur, but I think that you see these great players, have even more variety and you see more strategy, there'd be more subtlety.

The one-handed backhand helps you to be more aggressive in the points.

I think my serve and trying to come forward a little more are what I need to work on.

I hit the ball early and move my wrist a lot, so I get bigger angles.

I feel like I can defend three different positions: point guards, shooting guards, and small forwards who don't want to play too much in the post.

The point in tennis is to take the ball as early as possible and take time away from your opponent.

My tennis is aggressive, though I wouldn't say that it's more physical than technical. I rely more on technique than physique, but being physical is always a help to me.

If you serve well, your volleys are going to be so much easier. It has got to do with confidence, obviously.

We all know how to play tennis. We all know how to hit the ball. It's more just about those details - managing all those early rounds and just managing yourself to make sure you're ready for whatever is coming up next.

Few players hit the swinging forehand volley as often, or as well, as Maria Sharapova.

If you didn't have power, you had to have touch and serve and volley, which I found very exciting and that's why I love watching Federer play, because of those skills.

I didn't want to just rally at the baseline, even though that happened a lot.

I think my best tennis is good enough to win.

I'm feeling good about my movement on grass courts; I can serve a little bit better. This makes me much more dangerous than on hard.

Corner is the easiest three in basketball.

I'm certainly not the tallest girl on the tour, so I know that I have to sort of try and match the girls in the way. I know, for me, it's trying to be super aggressive, especially off the first ball in the rally.