American - Athlete | February 16, 1959 -
Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people.
John McEnroe
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The older I get, the better I used to be.
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I didn't get along with most of the players I played against, but the one guy I did get along with was my greatest rival, so it can be done.
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I'll let the racket do the talking.
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What I've realised is that you can run miles, jump on a bike, lift weights, and all that other garbage, but the bottom line is that you get in tennis shape by playing tennis. You build the right muscles, and I don't believe people can do it as successfully any other way.
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Do you have any problems, other than that you're unemployed, a moron, and a dork?
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I'm a tell-it-like-it-is kind of person; I don't like being misled or someone not telling the truth. That upsets me.
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Of course for your main rivals, you're going to get extra motivated for it, particularly if you haven't played him for a long time.
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I went to play in Brazil when I had just turned 18 and was the world's top junior player. I got to the airport, and no one knew who I was. I couldn't speak any Portuguese, and no one spoke English. Then someone said something that resembled 'tennis,' and I went with that.
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The only thing 'championship' about Wimbledon is its prestige.
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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.
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I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations.
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