John McEnroe Quotes

Serena's always been one of the best, and she will forever be one of the best tennis players in women's tennis.

Oh, my God, I don't think any player can look forward to or expect to a career of so many Grand Slam wins or title wins or being so long at the top of the game.

If I'm going to be out there, I want to be in the top 10 and really have a chance of winning a Grand Slam.

You can find flaws in Agassi and Sampras, but Federer has none.

I'm not necessarily proud of the World Cups and the grand slams won or lost, the amount of points I scored, this record or that.

Being world No 1 would be fantastic but you'd like to do it by finishing the year as No 1 without anything happening off the table to someone else's ranking.

I am a winner - and I like to win - but I cannot think that, if I lose, I did not do a good job, because there are other external factors involved.

The most important thing is definitely success on the tennis court. I know that if I win matches, everything else will fall into place, and the money and sponsors will follow.

I didn't make the Olympics, but I beat a lot of the guys that went to the Olympics, so I felt I was at that level even though I didn't make it.

I want to see how good I am, and the only way to do that is to fight the best in the division.

I want to play my best tennis and see how far I can go.

I want to be a top-10 player and I want to win a Grand Slam tournament.

Ivan Lendl was the best player I ever played. He was the first guy to bring the game to more of a power level and you could know that if he played really well you could get blown off court and that wouldn't happen against John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors or even Bjorn Borg or Guillermo Vilas.

Who wouldn't want to practice with the No. 1 player in the world?

For me, Lionel Messi is quite clearly the best player ever. It’s a pleasure to put myself against him and when I finish my career it’s something I can look back on and know I’ve tested myself against the very best.

I wish I could play like Roger Federer.

Many say that (Pete) Sampras is the greatest player. But I say with all due respect to the rest, that he (Roger Federer) is the most complete player in the world so far.

You can't be considered a great player unless you win Wimbledon. That's the way it is.

It's not like we have not had close games. We've just been able to win them, and as a result, the reality sometimes doesn't set in that you're weak in certain areas or you're not doing certain things well. ... When you win, sometimes it overshadows a poor performance.

I guess if I looked at it from an athletic standpoint, I don't really need to win another Tour. Seven Tours for me was a dream, six broke the record, so that eight doesn't really mean much.

A star can win any game; a team can win every game.

I've never had big problems about being long on the court. During the U.S. Open I played three events (singles, doubles, mixed doubles) and some people asked me if I want to stay overnight on the court.

We don't have a World Series or a Super Bowl, so to be able to come home with a gold medal is amazing. I want to do it again in four more years.

I think I was the best drummer!

I'm not the next Kournikova-I want to win matches!