John McEnroe Quotes

The toughest opponent is me. A lot of times, you don't want to train. You don't want to box. Sometimes, life hits you to the point where you don't even want to live. You have to fight with that person. You have to make yourself wake up in the morning. You have to make yourself watch your weight. That's how I fight with that person.

If we focus on the minuses, we go down the spiral. But if we are able to focus on the pluses, we can become stronger and put more meaning into our life.

At one point in my 20s, I was about to quit acting. I'd had a crappy couple of years and I was depressed. My mom said, 'Don't give up! You'll be so mad at yourself.'

When people criticize me, instead of putting my head down, it gives me energy to do even more.

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

I don't waste any time at all. I have no time at all for people who are being very negative or people who are very whiny or people who feel sorry for themselves. I tend to go to them and just say, you don't understand how incredible life is and how precious it is.

If you focus on the things you can't do, you'll destroy yourself. Just remember everything you can do.

I struggled to get through high school. I didn't get to go to college. But it made me realize you can do anything if you want to bad enough.

Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.

In spite of my lack of education, I didn't lack direction.

I don't mind people hating me, because it pushes me.

Having the strength to tune out negativity and remain focused on what I want gives me the will and confidence to achieve my goals.

You can't cry yourself to sleep every night because people from a distance hate you. So you gotta do with it what you can, and if that means using it as motivation, then that's what you do.

People have talked down to me, and that fuels my fire.

Christopher believed that to overcome any adversity, no matter how challenging, you need to go forward each day with strength, determination and compassion.

When you're out on the court, you're fighting against yourself and it can be tough.

In each moment, you have a choice where you can build yourself up or tear yourself down, and choosing to build yourself up is always within your power.

I only focus on what I can do.

No one is going to beat the crap out of me more than me.

because the hardest boss a man can ever have is himself.

All the people who knock me down, only inspire me to do better.

Whenever I feel bad, I use that feeling to motivate me to work harder. I only allow myself one day to feel sorry for myself. When I'm not feeling my best I ask myself, 'What are you gonna do about it?' I use the negativity to fuel the transformation into a better me.

I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens.

There may sometimes be ungenerous attempts to keep a young man down; and they will succeed, too, if he allows his mind to be diverted from its true channel to brood over the attempted injury.

You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.