John McEnroe Quotes

That's one of the best sets I've seen him play, although I should preface that by saying I haven't seen him play before.

Things slow down, the ball seems a lot bigger and you feel like you have more time. Everything computes - you have options, but you always take the right one.

Borg's won Wimbledon four straight times and out there he has just lost an 18-16 tie breaker. You'd think maybe once he'd let up and say forget it. But oh, no way.

You can tell when someone has been on steroids A guy bulks up, has a new body and never gets tired ... You see these guys or girls who come onto the tour talking about their new training programs and their diets where they eat this or that new thingbut they'll never tell you about the drugs they took.

Do you have any problems, other than that you're unemployed, a moron, and a dork?

If, in a few months, I'm only number 8 or number 10 in the world, I'll have to look at what off-the-court work I can do. I will need to do something if I want to be number 1.

Believe it or not, I was a pretty shy youngster growing up.

Let's hope his nerves will run through his veins.

This [defeat] has taught me a lesson, but I'm not sure what it is.

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.

It would be a nice place if you took all the people out of the city.

When I was 25, if you'd have said I was going to be a commentator, that would seem like, 'Oh, my God. That's a huge step down.'

Be happy. If you're successful but unhappy, that's emptiness.

To be involved in a senior tournament back in the States is very satisfying.

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.

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.

It's one thing if you live in London and you're rooting for Chelsea or you're in New York and you love the Giants or Jets and no matter who's on the team you're into it. It's different in tennis; you're sort of your own guy, so you have to reach out and grab a person in a different way.

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.

My greatest strength is that I have no weaknesses.

The only thing 'championship' about Wimbledon is its prestige.

I'd like to think I could have and should have won more, but that's not the point. And I was at the point where I was playing great tennis in the mid 80s - the type of tennis people hadn't seen before - and I was very proud of that.

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.

I didn't serve and volley until I got to Wimbledon in '77.

I believe there's only one autobiography you can do.

Bush is an idiot and he's President, so anything's possible

I want to be remembered as a great player, but I guess it will be as a player who got angry on a tennis court.

I am not a monster. I'm not all bad. Maybe 10 percent. I think I'm 90 percent good.

Equipment's the biggest change. And the guys have been getting bigger, stronger, more athletic - so the game has become more of a track meet instead of a tennis match, in a sense.

I'll let the racket do the talking.

The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. Life is a learning process and you have to try to learn what's best for you. Let me tell you, life is not fun when you're banging your head against a brick wall all the time.

He [Roger Federer] is the greatest natural talent in tennis I've ever seen. I love to watch the guy play, he's an awesome talent

As they say in sports, the older you get, the better you used to be.

It means a lot to be back in New York. Particularly since one of the last senior event scheduled in the States was supposed to be here in New York. We were supposed to play in Central Park right after 9-11 and when 9-11 happened obviously things changed.