Feeling depressed after a loss is one thing, but feeling depressed about nothing, about life in general, is another thing altogether. The minds of t… - Andre Agassi

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....

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.

„Mă simt ca o rachetă de tenis la care ai schimbat grip-ul de patru ori și acordajul de șapte ori: putem să mai spunem că e ACEEAȘI rachetă de tenis? Undeva în ochii ăștia, în oglindă, îl mai pot zări, foarte vag, pe băiatul care nu a vrut niciodată să joace tenis, pe băiatul care voia să renunțe la tot, care a și renunțat de atâtea ori. Îl văd pe acel băiat blonduț care detesta tenisul și mă întreb ce ar zice el despre acest bărbat chel, care încă urăște tenisul, dar încă joacă? Ar fi șocat? Amuzat? Mândru? Dă Doamne să se termine totul odată. Doar că nu sunt pregătit să se termine totul