John McEnroe Quotes
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Well I think that's probably one of a few, where I grew up in the City of New York, it's got a lot of energy, my parents are Irish-American so there was a bit of yelling going on in my house but it seemed normal.
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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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Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people.
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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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The perception is I didn't get along with umpires, obviously, and I didn't, on the court. But off the court, we had a good vibe.
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Of course for your main rivals, you're going to get extra motivated for it, particularly if you haven't played him for a long time.
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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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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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I went to play in Brazil when I had just turned 18 and was the world's top junior player. I got to the airport, and no one knew who I was. I couldn't speak any Portuguese, and no one spoke English. Then someone said something that resembled 'tennis,' and I went with that.
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You're asking too much of the women. They shouldn't be playing as many events as men. If tennis is best served by women playing events with men, so be it.
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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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I went on safari in South Africa just after apartheid had ended.
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Sitting there clapping and smiling... it's difficult. You're like, 'Don't worry about it, you just double faulted, you just played a really dumb point. Keep positive.' Then more clapping. That would annoy me as a player.
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Believe it or not, I was a pretty shy youngster growing up.
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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'm generally happy, although my kids and wife may sometimes argue with that.
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Nadal is one of the great champions - a class act.
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When I was 15 and playing in Kalamazoo, I ran into a light pole on the side of the court and was knocked out for a little while - when I woke up, I was seeing stars!
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I can barely remember what I was like 36 years ago when I was 21 years old.
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In general, people are administered drugs too readily.
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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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I used to get two racquets a year. As you can imagine, they didn't last me too long.
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Look at Becker and Djokovic. If you look at Novak's record since Boris has been there, it's been phenomenal.
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London is great, but New York is the greatest city in the world.