You Can Quote Me on That.” — Pete Sampras YOU CAN QUOTE ME on THAT Greatest Tennis Quips, Insights, and Zingers

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“Paul Fein hits another ace with You Can Quote Me on That.” — Pete Sampras YOU CAN QUOTE ME ON THAT Greatest Tennis Quips, Insights, and Zingers BY PAUL FEIN FOREWORD BY BILLIE JEAN KING $17.95 PAPER ISBN 1-57488-925-7 “Paul Fein is tennis’s answer to John Bartlett. This exhaustive work belongs next to Bud Collins’s encyclopedia on your tennis reference desk.” —Jon Wertheim, Sports Illustrated “The players’ unfiltered words capture the dramas, rivalries, and passions that make tennis so entertaining and intriguing. This book is a keeper!” —Chris Evert, all-time great “Paul Fein collects the most colorful tennis wit and wisdom through the ages in a book that offers inspiration, insight, and cover-to-cover laughs.” —Steve Wilstein, Associated Press sports columnist and tennis writer “Whether they’re glad or mortified to have said whatever, Paul Fein isn’t going to let such good quotes get away from us.” —Bud Collins, Boston Globe/NBC Get inside the tennis locker room and press tent with You Can Quote Me on That: Greatest Tennis Quips, Insights, and Zingers. Top tennis journalist Paul Fein has compiled hundreds of the most outrageous, significant, and illuminating quotes on, by, and about tennis’s biggest stars and hottest controversies. Fein includes one-liners to and from the best and worst, the most important, the most gracious, and of course the most obnoxious. This isn’t country club tennis; this is the real tennis, where players say whatever comes to mind—and stand by it. If it’s about tennis and worth remembering, well, You Can Quote Me on That. Also by Paul Fein, Tennis Confidential: Today’s Greatest Players, Matches, and Controversies, an intimate look at the game, its top players, and greatest matches. PAUL FEIN is an award-winning tennis journalist whose articles have appeared in tennis, sports, and general interest publications in the United States and twenty-five foreign countries. Fein’s diverse tennis background also includes being a high-ranking sectional tournament player, a satellite tournament founder and director, a certified teaching pro, a New England tournament consultant, a cable television commentator, and a local tennis club and council president. He lives in Agawam, Massachusetts. PO Box 605, Herndon, Virginia 20172-0605 1-800-775-2518 FAX 703-661-1501 www.potomacbooksinc.com.

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