“Andre Agassi was my rival in the '90s, and I think as we got older we sort of transcended the game. He was probably the best player I ever played over my career. There's a list of players th...”
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“Andre Agassi was my rival in the '90s, and I think as we got older we sort of transcended the game. He was probably the best player I ever played over my career. There's a list of players th...”
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“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.”
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“If Davis Cup was a little bit less or once every two years, I would be more inclined to play. But the way it is now, it is too much tennis for me.”
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“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.”
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“When I committed to playing a little tennis in some exhibitions, it was the best thing for me. It got me in shape. It got me out of the house. It got me doing something I love to do.”
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“Golfers are forever working on mechanics. My tennis swing hasn't changed in 10 years.”
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“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.”
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“I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles.”
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“I've got a great wife, a great life.”
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“I could be a jerk and get a lot more publicity, but that's not who I am.”
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“I am going to hold serve the majority of the time. It is nice to have a little time to return serve.”
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“I did it my way, and I have no regrets when I look back on my career that it was just a big focus for me.”
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“It is nice to walk out on a court to have it packed.”
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“I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.”
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“It's not easy to retire at 31. In one respect I was glad I was done. But after a few years of having fun, I got a little restless. When you're 33, 34, and you don't have a focus, you can get...”
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“After I went through two years of not winning an event, what kept me going was winning one more major. Once I won that last U.S. Open, I spent the next six months trying to figure out what w...”
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“I loved Wimbledon and what it meant, but the surface felt uncomfortable. I just didn't like it, I was a hard-court guy, a Californian kid.”
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“Where I fall down is my short game. I don't practice enough, and when I have to take a half swing from 50 yards out, that's trouble.”
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