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 BECKERThe suit-and-tie job is very nice, but it’s not really who I am in my heart.
More Boris Becker Quotes
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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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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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We 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.
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Every time you are not practicing someone else is.
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So this is it. Match point for eternity.
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The fifth set is not about tennis, it’s about nerves.
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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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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 believe that everything in life happens for a reason.
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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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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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I didn’t start a war. Nobody died.
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That was the case with figures like Pele, Diego Maradona and Zinedine Zidane. With Spain, Iniesta has shown that he is among the best players of all time and that’s why I rate him higher than Messi or Ronaldo.
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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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