Steffi Graf Quotes

I don't particularly enjoy publicity, it seems to just follow me around.

I'm used to having a camera in my face but not a camera following me.

I try to stay as private as possible; I know that's difficult, especially playing here in New York, but I make an attempt at it.

When people say I have become a celebrity, I remind them of fame's flip side. For instance, if I want to watch a movie in a cinema, I have to enter through a side exit just before the film begins and leave by the same exit before the credits roll.

You are being hit with tabloid-journalism bi-lines of what you are doing because you have suddenly become a star.

When I was finishing guys, the media was on me like crazy.

I don't like the media attention.

I don't think it's a secret that I'm not a fan of all the attention and the media, stuff like that, but I understand it's part of it, and I have to do it.

For 10 days after the Olympics, I couldn't go back to my house because people were sitting outside waiting to take my photo. That was a bit rubbish. At first I was open: 'Yeah, of course you can take a photo...' but after a while, it got to the point where I thought, 'Whoa, I don't like this attention anymore.'

We were under scrutiny when Stephen became rich and famous. The media were in the house, and camera leads were absolutely everywhere - it was just nightmarish.

I don't like to be in the public eye or talk about my private life.

As a result of my husband's position, there is newfound media attention to my every move. I did not imagine this level of scrutiny, but I understand it is now part of my life.

I don't like being a celebrity.

Unfortunately, if you don't want to be in the spotlight, get out of it.

I'm in the public eye. I know I'm not going to be treated like a normal person walking down the street.

I'm not a hermit, but I definitely stay in a lot more than I used to. There's more attention now then there ever was. You walk down the street with someone and it's a story. It becomes national news, you know what I mean? So, I still do things, but I stay home a lot more.

I get recognized now and again, but the paparazzi aren't following me around.

I don't know if I'd wanna be in the limelight.

I never aimed to be on television or in the press. We all have a personal life, and being a public figure disrupts that.

I am very conscious of what I say and do when I go out because the media is quick to make that a story.

I love my family, I love my relatives. One special request I have is for the media back in Taiwan to kind of give them their space because they can't even go to work without being bombarded and people following them.

I don't want to be a celebrity. I don't want to be in people's faces, you know, constantly on covers of magazine that I haven't even known I'm on.

Being a public person doesn't necessarily mean you're a piece of meat for everybody.

As mayor, I got used to the fact that when you walked out of the house in the morning to pick up the newspaper in your boxers, there could be a camera there.

It's not always the easiest thing to be the center of so much spilled ink.