Famous quotes by Andre Agassi - Tennis legend

Some of famous sayings by the former world no 1 tennis player, Andre Kirk Agassi

"And I think if people could hear what the coaches are saying, they will realize there's a lot more to this game than hitting the ball."

"You don't cheat anybody out of their experience, whatever it is."

"Being number two sucks."

"What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose."

"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"

"I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour."

"I hope (my fans are) excited. I don't get to be in too many finals any more."

"Everybody here is taking the day out of their lives to come watch me, and I thank you for that,"

"If you don't practice you don't deserve to win."

"I think the loudest noise in the world is 23,000 quiet New Yorkers"
(On benefiting from partisan crowd during victory in first round of 2006 US Open, his last ever tournament)

"It's a weird feeling. You just sort of expect to leave the dance with the ones you came with. When they decide that it's time for them, it's a sad feeling."
(After Pete Sampras announced his retirement 2003)

Pete Sampras famous quotes collection

Few of great quotes from the former World No 1 tennis player Pete Sampras

“I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.”

“I just had to hang in there and make sure I was dictating play,”

“The difference of great players is at a certain point in a match they raise their level of play and maintain it. Lesser players play great for a set, but then less.”

“Clay will be the toughest surface for Roger. If things go right, if the weather's right, I think he can win it.”
~ On Roger Federer

"When you retire you want to get as far away as possible from the game for a couple of years."

"You kind of live and die by the serve."

"People know me. I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there. I'm not going to belong on Comedy Central. I'll always be a tennis player, not a celebrity."

"In tennis, you can make a couple of mistakes and still win. Not in golf. I played three rounds in that Tahoe event, and I was drained. Mentally, not physically."

"For so long people have just taken what I do for granted. It is not easy to do year-in, year-out, to win Grand Slams and be No. 1."

"There`s always one shot that I can rely on when I`m not hitting the ball that well, is my serve."

Tennis famous quotes collection

Love is nothing in tennis, but in life it's everything.
~Unknown

Behind every tennis player there is another tennis player
~John McPhee

Tennis and golf are best played, not watched.
~Roger Kahn

Tennis begins with love.
~Author Unknown

I'll let the racket do the talking.
~John McEnroe

The fifth set is not about tennis, it's about nerves.
~Boris Becker

It's one-on-one out there, man. There ain't no hiding. I can't pass the ball.
~Pete Sampras

Good shot, bad luck and hell are the five basic words to be used in a game of tennis, though these, of course, can be slightly amplified.
~Virginia Graham

The primary conception of tennis is to get the ball over the net and at the same time to keep it within bounds of the court; failing this, within the borders of the neighborhood.
~Elliot Chaze

Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in an atmosphere of total tranquility.
~Billie Jean King

Whoever said, 'It's not whether you win or lose that counts,' probably lost.
~Martina Navratilova

On retiring early- Being a champion is all well and good, but you can't eat a crown.
~Althea Gibson

At Wimbledon, the ladies are simply the candles on the cake.
~John Newcombe