John McEnroe Quotes

No other athlete in any sport has ever had to go through what I have to.

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• I like happy endings.

  

  Harmon Killebrew
  • Happy
  • Like
  • Endings

• I can always do five, five-minute rounds, any day, even if I was drinking yesterday or doing whatever. I'm a seasoned athlete, an endurance athlete, and I'm always working out.

  

  Nate Diaz
  • Day
  • Doing
  • Athlete

• A lot of people thought you couldn't be a top-level athlete as a vegan, but people like Mac Danzig and Jake Shields are proving that's wrong. And it's better for me as a performer.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • People
  • Thought
  • Better

• People assume that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.

  

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  • People
  • Great
  • Dance

• There aren't too many principles of proper business conduct with which just about everybody will agree. Two come to mind: 1. Unless you're a professional athlete, don't offer co-workers encouragement by patting them on the butt, and 2. Don't burn bridges.

  

  Dale Dauten
  • Mind
  • Business
  • Professional

• I used to bring my sketchbook to gym class and doodle, because I am a very uncoordinated athlete.

  

  Kate Voegele
  • Athlete
  • Sketchbooks
  • Uncoordinated

• And then in 1956 or 1957 my family went over to Europe and I moved over with them, and immediately people in Europe thought my perspective on that issue was 100% correct.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • People
  • Family
  • Thought

• I don't want to get too detailed into it, but when you're a good high school running back, you can almost be whatever type of runner you want to be. If you're a good size and a good athlete, you can be whatever type of runner you want.

  

  Barry Sanders
  • Good
  • School
  • High

• But now - look, I have to take care of myself. I work out every day. I'm a dancer. I've always been an athlete, and I'm one of those people who start to go crazy if they don't run or do something.

  

  Vanessa Carlton
  • People
  • Work
  • Day

• I was an athlete. And I proved I didn't win just because I was pretty. I was good, too.

  

  Katarina Witt
  • Good
  • Pretty
  • Win

• Even though I'm not a competitive athlete, I have to still maintain things and try to keep myself fit because I am at that age where I need to make sure to get those regular checkups and make sure everything is in tact.

  

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee
  • Age
  • Myself
  • Athlete

• I'm a born athlete. Weight-lifting is in my blood. I used to do the powerlifting thing. I gained a little weight, but I still got it; I'm mad built.

  

  Action Bronson
  • Mad
  • Blood
  • Athlete

• You can play professional lacrosse, but they make less than a teacher's salary now. I always thought about that. And it's a very difficult career, a short career, as a pro athlete.

  

  Nash Grier
  • Career
  • Teacher
  • Thought

• People tend to like an athlete's performance, but if you don't get a feeling for the individual, you're not very emotive about them.

  

  Daley Thompson
  • People
  • Feeling
  • Athlete

• Since my sophomore year in high school, I knew I didn't want to do anything but be a professional athlete. I knew when I got to college there was no way anybody was going to stop me from being an NFL player.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • School
  • High
  • Stop

• I hate divers, like Cristiano Ronaldo, who might be the greatest athlete in the sport, but he's a big baby. If things are going well he's great, but when things are going badly it's the ref's fault, it's his teammates' fault.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • Great
  • Hate
  • Baby

• Just as an athlete must exercise his body to be a winner, a leader must exercise his position of authority. If he doesn't, he loses that authority.

  

  Jack Ramsay
  • Exercise
  • Leader
  • Athlete

• I'm an athlete, so I'm very interested in making the sport as safe as possible - just for my own career longevity.

  

  Ted Ligety
  • Career
  • Athlete
  • Own

• I'm at the point where you look back on your life and reflect. I've always been an unbelievable critic of me. If we lost a game, I blamed myself every night. I'm very proud of some of the things I did as an athlete, as an executive.

  

  Jerry West
  • Life
  • Game
  • Night

• I think my identity as a 'conservative' is entirely inherited. People see the name Buckley, and they think 'conservative.'

  

  Christopher Buckley
  • People
  • Identity

• Just because I like being healthy doesn't mean I can't have fun - I don't drink excessively, but I'll have a couple of vodka-and-sodas.

  

  Ella Woodward
  • Fun
  • Couple

• My wife was pregnant while we were promoting 'Ant-Man,' and that was very exciting, to see, like, action figures of myself, as we're getting the nursery ready.

  

  Corey Stoll
  • Action
  • Wife

• Reporters listen, photographers look. If you are doing your job seriously as a photojournalist, your sight must be the primary sense that you use at all times.

  

  Bill Eppridge
  • Job
  • Sense
  • Photographers

• No other athlete in any sport has ever had to go through what I have to.

  

  John McEnroe
  • Athlete