John McEnroe Quotes About Tennis

Quotes about: Tennis

• I'll let the racket do the talking.

  John McEnroe

  Funny, Sports, Volleyball

  The Times (London), June 26, 1984.

• We all choke. Winners know how to handle choking better than losers.

  John McEnroe

  Success, Tennis, Loser

• Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people.

  John McEnroe

  Success, Hate, Congratulations

• What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well.

  John McEnroe

  Stay Strong, Winning, Tennis

• Let's hope his nerves will run through his veins.

  John McEnroe

  Running, Tennis, Nerves

• It's been predictable, in the sense of 'expect the unexpected'.

  John McEnroe

  Tennis, Unexpected, Predictable

• Tennis is a funny game; unbelievable highs and the lows are just as low.

  John McEnroe

  Games, Tennis, Lows

• Borg's won Wimbledon four straight times and out there he has just lost an 18-16 tie breaker. You'd think maybe once he'd let up and say forget it. But oh, no way.

  John McEnroe

  Thinking, Ties, Tennis

• This [defeat] has taught me a lesson, but I'm not sure what it is.

  John McEnroe

  Tennis, Lessons, Taught

• That's one of the best sets I've seen him play, although I should preface that by saying I haven't seen him play before.

  John McEnroe

  Play, Tennis, Should

  "Did I say that?" by John Hind, www.theguardian.com. June 27, 2009.

• There's too much money and too many nice guys around.

  John McEnroe

  Nice, Tennis, Guy

• I want to be remembered as a great player, but I guess it will be as a player who got angry on a tennis court.

  John McEnroe

  Player, Tennis, Want

• I'd like to think I could have and should have won more, but that's not the point. And I was at the point where I was playing great tennis in the mid 80s - the type of tennis people hadn't seen before - and I was very proud of that.

  John McEnroe

  Thinking, Should Have, People

• I am not a monster. I'm not all bad. Maybe 10 percent. I think I'm 90 percent good.

  John McEnroe

  Thinking, Tennis, Monsters

• If you want to be a tennis player, then mould yourself on Roger Federer. I won three Wimbledon titles and I wish I could play like him.

  John McEnroe

  Player, Tennis, Wish

• He [Roger Federer] is the greatest natural talent in tennis I've ever seen. I love to watch the guy play, he's an awesome talent

  John McEnroe

  Natural Talent, Play, Tennis

• Equipment's the biggest change. And the guys have been getting bigger, stronger, more athletic - so the game has become more of a track meet instead of a tennis match, in a sense.

  John McEnroe

  Games, Track, Tennis

  "Why Does America Suck at Tennis?". Interview with Daniel Riley, www.gq.com. August 29, 2011.

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