John McEnroe Quotes
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I won't admit to having a poster of Borg on my bedroom door. But I certainly found him to be someone who got me way more into tennis.
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The greatest compliment I ever got was when people called me an artist, and I understand that solo aspect of being an artist, when you're in there by yourself, trying to do something great, and people who don't even know you can come up and just dump on you.
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Women have it better in tennis than any other sport, but you shouldn't push them to play more than they're capable of playing.
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As I got older and started moving up the ranking, the matches got more important, and my emotions ratcheted up. I guess I hid my real feelings behind the anger.
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I've never seen a good tennis movie. They all were terrible.
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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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Maybe I should have played two more Australians and two less Davis Cups? I could have had more majors and still have three Davis Cups when most people don't have one.
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There's something deeply satisfying when it succeeds, but I'm not going to do another book just to put my name on something and make some money if it's not something I deeply care about.
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I was always taught that you needed to be intense and never lose your focus.
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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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There's a certain beauty and majesty to Wimbledon. The elegance, the way the grass looks on TV.
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Sometimes you get hungrier when you taste it.
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The good part of having six kids is, there's always one who wants to hug you and say, 'Daddy, I love you.'
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What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well.
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Sometimes my negativity worked to my advantage, and early in my career, it got me going. But you need to understand that you're not just fighting opponents, you're also fighting yourself.
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I used to get two racquets a year. As you can imagine, they didn't last me too long.
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With commentating, I've had a chance to show the humorous side of my personality that I didn't use on the court. It's fun, and I don't take myself too seriously. I have good broadcast teams with me, but I'm not a huge stats guy. I think they post the numbers too quickly, and I'd rather let the match play out a bit first.
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I went on safari in South Africa just after apartheid had ended.
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We should reach out to people to try to go after the fans the way other sports do. Because we can't just depend on the fact that it is a great game.
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I'm going to vote for Obama. I'm going for the change.
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I thought doubles was a good way for me to practice and get some reps in - I didn't like to train in the gym as much as players these days.
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You can't give away points and games against someone like Murray. You're not going to make it to the top with that kind of effort.
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Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people.
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They should be required to be in less events; there should be less events for the women. It seems it takes an actual meltdown on the court or women quitting the game altogether before they realize there's a need to change the schedule.