"Well, I actually tell my son that I don't have any
hair because he asked me the same question
that I gave it to him when he
was born, so he actually still believes that. He's five years old."
"Tennis was always sort of a - a learning. It was a
vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself.
And the things that I
sort of discovered at times I not only didn't want to see it for myself
but I certainly didn't want millions of people to see it."
"Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about
what you're doing and why you're doing it... Other times, you have a
great desire for it, but physically you're not responding the way you
want. That presents other challenges. Then sometimes it all comes
together."
"Some moments it feels longer, other moments it feels
like it's flown by;
you can't believe you've done it all that time...
Overall,
you have a strong sense for the full spectrum that you've sort
of traveled."
"Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I
had to put in the time to get back.
And it was a grind. It meant
training and sweating every day.
But I was completely committed to
working out to prove to myself that I still could do it."
"My father actually moved out from Chicago just so he
could play tennis 365 days a year,
so it was - it was a place we played
every day. We played before school. We played after school.
We woke up.
We played tennis. We brushed our teeth in that order."
"It means a lot to you, to be out there. The highs are
pretty high, and the lows are pretty low.
You know, it's easy to feel
like you let the team down.
I mean, at the end of the day we still got
to figure out a way to get through the tie."
"It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best
players in the world and to beat them.
And it means a lot to me to be
out here and fighting for the title and, you know,
it hurts not to win
it."
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| Andre Agassi |
"If you don't practice you don't deserve to win."
"I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and
overcoming the hurdles
and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty
out there to get motivated by."
"I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past
and I thought that of myself many times but not there."
" I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis."
"I'm going to go down swinging...
I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad tournament."
" I think one of the greatest joys I have now in my
career
and in my profession is to be playing at an age where I can
appreciate it more than I used to...
It's a whole different lens you
look through the older you get."
"I question myself every day. That's what I still find
motivating about this. I don't have the answers,
I don't pretend that I
do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting
and maybe something
good happens."
"I had my moments for sure but I wasn't
confrontational.
And sometimes you get on the court and you'd find
yourself very confrontational.
It was all a discovery."
"I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk,
then yes, absolutely."
"But, I would say when I was four years old and I was
at the Alan King Tennis Tournament
and I was hitting with all the pros
that would come to town.
They would get me on the court or take notice
and that stayed with me."
"Being number two sucks."
