John McEnroe Quotes
I can barely remember what I was like 36 years ago when I was 21 years old.
John McEnroe
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I'd never left America until I was 18.
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Do women golfers say they could go out and beat Tiger Woods?
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If you watch a guy go out on court and have a meltdown, you're not going to think, 'Oh my God, now I'm screwed.' Or you're not going to think, 'The umpire's going to give him calls because he's just told him he's an idiot or the pits of the world.'
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If they think I'm better at commentating than I was as a player, then I must be pretty darned good at commentating.
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If people do things without thinking them through, that rubs me up the wrong way.
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The best way I knew how was to give 110% and want it more than them, and walk on the court and every moment of the match feel like it was the end of the world, in a sense. So that worked for me in a lot of ways. There were times that it hurt me, but for the most part, it helped me.
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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 don't take myself as seriously as I did when I was playing, and it works, and I think people see the self-deprecation in my commentary.
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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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I grew up watching Dr. J, and I was like, 'Oh my God, this guy is the greatest basketball player I ever saw.'
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There was a line call that didn't look so great. I went ballistic. Called the umpire a jerk. Whacked a ball into the stands. Then smacked a soda can with my racket, and got soda all over the King of Sweden, who was sitting in the front row.
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I had a harsh lesson in 1996, when I lost four times to Andres Gomez on clay.
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