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 BECKERA 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.
More Boris Becker Quotes
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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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I didn’t start a war. Nobody died.
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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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Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.
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I believe that everything in life happens for a reason.
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So this is it. Match point for eternity.
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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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The suit-and-tie job is very nice, but it’s not really who I am in my heart.
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Does anyone ask their parents how they are conceived?
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I met with my lawyers. They gave me all the wrong advice. For a long time I refused to accept the child was mine. I should have met her, arranged a DNA test and accepted my responsibility.
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I don’t really care what the man on the street thinks. I never did anything to please him in the first place, and I’m not going to start now.
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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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How do you build a relationship when you’ve hardly shared a word but suddenly share a child? How do you love a daughter you don’t see for nearly two years? When does she become your daughter? How does she become your daughter?
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If I go into a club now, all the blonde girls leave my corner and all the black girls come into my corner. It’s as if I’m racist towards white girls!
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When you are thrown onto the stage at 17 in such an enormous way, it becomes living on the edge because every step you take, every word you speak, every action you do becomes headline news. And it became, for me, life or death.
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