John McEnroe Quotes

But, then, Sampras won Wimbledon six times and that automatically puts him among the greatest.

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.

I'm not going to be a ten or twelve grand-slam winner. It's not going to happen.

Nadal is going to break all the records.

I'm pretty realistic. I cannot wish to be Chris Evert or Martina Navratilova because they won, like, a hundred Grand Slams.

As a teenager, Monica Seles won some historic matches on the tennis court, dominating opponents and filling a room with trophies.

I was lucky enough to win the Davis Cup in my first year in 1999. I won my first slam at the U.S. Open in 2001 and became world No. 1 later that year. By the age of 20, I'd done it all.

I don't care when people use the term 'one-Slam wonder' with me.

My favorite tennis player, who I'm amazed by, is Roger Federer.

India has a very good tradition in tennis.

If I had to choose between a third Wimbledon title and the number one ranking, I would choose Wimbledon. The ranking just shows how you're doing in the year, so I think the Slams are first, and it shows in the number anyway.

Winning two Wimbledons is very nice, no matter what.

Of all my achievements in tennis, I'm probably as proud of my record on clay courts as any of my Wimbledon, U.S. Open or French singles titles.

People don't ask Andre Agassi, 'You know you're the No. 1 tennis player in the world... have you thought about polo?'

The Olympics is not for tennis and tennis does not need the Olympics. It is not my goal in life to win a gold medal.

Once the US Open is over in the States, mainstream America doesn't really follow tennis, unless you are a true tennis fan.

Hopefully I can just have another terrible year with only the one Grand Slam and that will be just fine.

Anna Kournikova will always be better paid than Lindsay Davenport. The first left the circuit without having won a single title while the second was world number one.

I got to play in a crowd, play in Wimbledon finals, be the guy on a Davis Cup team for a while. Those are opportunities not a lot of people get.

Tennis has given me this wonderful life and I'm very grateful for it.

You want to try and win as many slams as possible in your career. As a tennis player, that's what we always dream of as a kid, wanting to play slams, wanting to win them.

I don't know much about Mauresmo apart from the fact she played great tennis. Is she a good technician? I don't know those parameters.

When I was young, I associated playing tennis with being part of historic moments, being part of these epic battles and coming out victorious, having those trophy moments. That, for me, is what I saw and aspired to.

Wimbledon is a special place for me in so many ways and I feel privileged to have been such a big part of it over the years.

Wimbledon is the most prestigious tournament we have, and being able to win it with all the tradition, that's always been a dream of mine.