Andre Agassi Quotes

Only boxers can understand the loneliness of tennis players - and yet boxers have their corner men and managers. Even a boxer's opponent provides a kind of companionship, someone he can grapple with and grunt at. In tennis you stand face-to-face with the enemy, trade blows with him, but never touch him or talk to him, or anyone else. The rules forbid a tennis player from even talking to his coach while on the court. People sometimes mention the track-and-field runner as a comparably lonely figure, but I have to laugh. At least the runner can feel and smell his opponents. They're inches away. In tennis you're on an island. Of all the games men and women play, tennis is the closest to solitary confinement....

Older people make this mistake all the time with younger people, treating them as a finished product when in fact they are in process.

This is why we’re here. To fight through the pain and, when possible, to relieve the pain of others. So simple. So hard to see.

I've been let in on a dirty little secret: winning changes nothing. Now that I've won a slam, I know something that very few people on earth are permitted to know. A win doesn't feel as good as a loss feels bad, and the good feeling doesn't last as long as the bad. Not even close.

Тенисът неслучайно използва изрази, които описват и житейски ситуации. Преимущество, подаване, грешка, нарушение, пробив, нула, основните елементи в тениса са основни елементи и в живота, защото всеки мач е всъщност животът, представен в миниатюра. Дори структурата на тенис срещата, начинът, по който отделните елементи се вместват един в друг като кукли матрьошки, прилича на подредбата на дните ни. Точките се превръщат в геймове, геймовете се превръщат в сетове, които се превръщат в турнири, а елементите са така обвързани един с друг, че всяка точка може да се окаже повратна.

I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then yes, absolutely.

The worse I do in school, the more I rebel. I drink, I smoke pot, I act like an ass. I’m dimly aware of the inverse ratio between my grades and my rebellion, but I don’t dwell on it. I prefer Nick’s theory. He says I don’t do well in school because I have a hard-on for the world. It might be the only thing he’s ever said about me that’s halfway accurate. (He typically describes me as a cocky showboater who seeks the limelight. Even my father knows me better than that.) My general demeanor does feel like a hard-on — violent, involuntary, unstoppable — and so I accept it as I accept the many changes in my body.

There’s a lot of good waiting for you on the other side of tired. Get yourself tired, Andre. That’s where you’re going to know yourself. On the other side of tired.

I tell the players: You'll hear a lot of applause in your life, fellas, but none will mean more to you than that applause-from your peers. I hope each of you hears that at the end.

The tennis bag is a lot like your heart — you have to know what’s in it at all times.

Il sesso non interferisce con il tuo livello di gioco; è stare fuori tutta la notte per riuscire ad ottenerlo che rovina il gioco!

You know everything you need to know about people when you see their faces at the moments of your greatest triumph.

"I slide to my knees and say, "Please let this be over." Then, I'm not ready for it to be over."

No matter what your life is, choosing it changes everything.

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