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.
BORIS BECKERI believe that everything in life happens for a reason.
More Boris Becker Quotes
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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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Winning is a way of expressing yourself.
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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 haven’t lost a war. No one got killed. I just lost a tennis match.
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Every time you are not practicing someone else is.
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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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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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Where do you go when you’re the best in the world? What’s next?
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So this is it. Match point for eternity.
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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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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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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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The fifth set is not about tennis, it’s about nerves.
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