John McEnroe Quotes

The best thing I ever did was when I was offered a million dollars to go play in South Africa and didn't take it. I was 21 years old, and part of it was like, 'Well, if they're offering me this obscene amount of money just to play one match, there must be something really wrong.'

John McEnroe

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 16, 1959

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BestMoneyMeWrongPlayGo

And you have a record company behind it, this is a key too, you need people to fight for your records, at least a little bit. So if you have a great song, it's catchy, and you've got a little bit of help, I think that's all you need. But there hasn't been that in music.

Joan Jett

MusicGreatFightPeopleSongKey

By the mid-17th century, telescopes had improved enough to make visible the seasonally growing and shrinking polar ice caps on Mars, and features such as Syrtis Major, a dark patch thought to be a shallow sea.

John Updike

SeaThoughtEnoughIceDarkGrowing

Far less envy in America than in France, and far less wit.

Stendhal

AmericaEnvyWitFranceFarThan

I dream for a living. Once a month the sky falls on my head, I come to, and I see another movie I want to make.

Steven Spielberg

SkyDreamWantLivingSeeMonth

You ask any Olympian what the year after the Olympics is like - you always get the Olympic blues.

Tom Daley

YearYouBluesAskAlwaysGet

I think 'On The Air' was a little too bizarre for TV.

Miguel Ferrer

ThinkAirLittleI ThinkTVBizarre

Every year, the State Department declares Iran to be the world's primary supporter of terror.

Michael T. Flynn

WorldYearStateEveryIranPrimary

I don't feel like my life is that of a superstar! Every day I wake up, I take the train, I go to my ballet class. My everyday life is pretty normal.

Misty Copeland

LifeDayWake UpFeelMy LifeTrain

If a man wishes to truly not be written about, he would do well not to write letters to 18-year-old girls, inviting them into his life.

Joyce Maynard

LifeManWishesLettersWriteWell

I've been around the surf culture since I was a kid. I grew up in a beach town in Rhode Island. Then eventually I lived in Dana Point, Calif., a real surf hotbed.

Don Winslow

CultureBeachIslandKidRealLived

Nate Robinson has a lot of jumping ability, but I don't see Josh losing.

Dominique Wilkins

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I've never been aware of the difference between so-called posh actors and working-class actors.

Douglas Booth

NeverDifferenceAwareBeenBetween

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