Jacques Barzun's Quote - Tennis belongs to the individualistic past – a hero, or at most a

Quote by Jacques Barzun

Tennis belongs to the individualistic past - a hero, or at most a

Tennis belongs to the individualistic past – a hero, or at most a pair of friends or lovers, against the world. – Jacques Barzun

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Only a great mind that is overthrown yields tragedy. – Jacques Barzun

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Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. – Jacques Barzun

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Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball, the rules and realities of the game. – Jacques Barzun

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A perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquility. – Billie Jean King, about tennis

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In tennis the addict moves about a hard rectangle and seeks to ambush a fuzzy ball with a modified snow-shoe. – Elliot Chaze

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I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as their weapons. – Yannick Noah

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The primary conception of tennis is to get the ball over the net and at the same time to keep it within bounds of the court; failing this, within the borders of the neighborhood. – Elliot Chaze

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