John McEnroe Quotes
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Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people.
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You hit a wall at some stage when you don't want it so bad, but you don't know when that's going to be - as far as competition or as far as health is concerned. Sometimes it's just natural. You just taste it, and you want it so bad that you find other gears.
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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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What I think is frustrating for Americans is that it feels like more was going to change with Obama.
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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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Nadal is one of the great champions - a class act.
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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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London is great, but New York is the greatest city in the world.
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I'm generally happy, although my kids and wife may sometimes argue with that.
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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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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.
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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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I used to get two racquets a year. As you can imagine, they didn't last me too long.
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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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I can't speak for other people, but I still hate losing. When I did lose, I found it easier to yell than to cry. Guys aren't supposed to cry, are they?
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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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I went on safari in South Africa just after apartheid had ended.
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I am finicky about making sure my sneakers are pretty tight. It is almost like a superstition for me.
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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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You have to keep persevering. An actor goes to a lot of auditions and doesn't get the part.
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Jack Nicholson didn't get anything until he was in his thirties. You have to persevere and put yourself in positions, and sooner or later, you will break through.
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To be involved in a senior tournament back in the States is very satisfying.
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I would not have an event before the majors. I would build them up. It very rarely happens that a player plays the week before, wins the event, and then goes on to win the slam.