American - Athlete | February 16, 1959 -
Why don't they go back to wood racquets? Then we would see the best tennis to be played.
John McEnroe
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You look at a guy like Michael Jordan: I can't believe there will be other basketball players like him.
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I can tell you from experience that when you get that pent-up and crazed, it can be distracting.
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Nick Kyrgios, if you don't want to be a professional tennis player, do something else.
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I always got along with Borg, who was my greatest rival. People like to see me and Connors, me and Lendl, go at it. We didn't like each other.
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I can't advocate people not liking each other. But... I'd prefer it.
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If you really want to get it more exciting, no linesmen. And have the players call their lines. That would make the game more exciting, I promise you. It would be awesome.
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They would go back and listen to my matches, and two days later, I'd be fined. Because no one heard it while it was being played, but they heard it on some mic behind the court. Is that the way it should be? I don't think so.
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You have to keep persevering. An actor goes to a lot of auditions and doesn't get the part.
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Jack Nicholson didn't get anything until he was in his thirties. You have to persevere and put yourself in positions, and sooner or later, you will break through.
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I just remember watching Federer the first year he won Wimbledon. He was struggling with his back problem. I remember it vividly. It looked like there was a chance he was not going to finish. He had that look in his eye. Then, somehow, he found the wherewithal to dig a little deeper, and suddenly he wins the thing, and he's a different player.
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I used to take pride if my kids were playing basketball, and I'd be there, and I wouldn't say anything. People were obviously expecting me to yell and scream at the ref and at them and everything. I wouldn't say anything.
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