I lost in the second round of the French Open and had 10 days off. I went to the Hard Rock Cafe. It was exciting to be away from my parents, to stay in a hotel. Hotels at 17 meant freedom.
BORIS BECKERWe have a guy from Switzerland who is just playing the game in a way I haven’t seen anyone – and I mean anyone – play before.
More Boris Becker Quotes
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Its silly to say it about a tennis player, but Im an unbelievable hero in Germany. And Germany needs heroes more than any place.
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I want to be a hero, a small and good kind of hero, even though I know heroes have very short lives.
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The suit-and-tie job is very nice, but it’s not really who I am in my heart.
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It’s not that difficult to play well and win titles in a team like Barcelona, but it’s in the national side where you see a player’s true class.
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Winning is a way of expressing yourself.
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I can’t change history, I don’t want to change history. I can only change the future. I’m working on that.
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Tennis has to be very careful.Not everyone is a computer, it is very good we have John McEnroe. I hope we have a couple more.
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Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.
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The boys are so powerful off of the baseline now that they don’t have to come to the net to finish points. That’s the reason we went to the net. To finish the point. Nowadays, even the big guys can hit winners four feet behind the baseline.
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Does anyone ask their parents how they are conceived?
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A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading him the story of Noah’s Ark.
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Every time you are not practicing someone else is.
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The fifth set is not about tennis, it’s about nerves.
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I haven’t lost a war. No one got killed. I just lost a tennis match.
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I didn’t start a war. Nobody died.
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