John McEnroe Quotes

There's a line, players usually don't cross it and coaches usually don't cross it. Every once in a while you get a little temper tantrum on both sides, I certainly have had 'em. I'm not proud of those.

One day when a linesman starts to laugh I swear I will hit the guy over the head with my racket. I think it will be the end of my career, but I will be happy.

I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.

I've been kicked in the teeth more times in tennis than the law ought to allow.

Anger has a way of seeping into every other emotion and planting itself in there.

You argue with the umpire because there is nothing else you can do about it.

I've always heard about people having a conniption, but I've never seen one.

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

How many people yell at linespeople? I see it happening all the time. I don't know how many times I have seen that happen.

I should think wrestling is the most positive thing in the world. The fact is, behind the scenes, there's stuff that goes on that's bush-league. It's laughable.

Sometimes when you're not getting what you want in this game you have to shout a bit and throw a bit of a tantrum.

It's one thing to boo, but to actually pelt someone down below because you're upset a sporting event went a certain way is just so bizarre to me.

OK, my funniest tech I ever got in the NBA was for looking at a ref.

Obviously, I have arguments with people on the pitch, with all the emotions.

Why complain to the NBA and to the officials all the time, just like Tyrone Hill, always complaining about me on the court?

Some of the technicals I deserved. Cussing at the officials or throwing something. But some of them I didn't deserve.

When people start talking to me about slow play and how I'm killing the game, I'm doing this and that to the game, that is complete and utter you-know-what.

Bolatelli is an exciting player, but his stupid attitude sometimes attracts attention from the crowd - nothing more, nothing less.

Nobody wants to win a game on a bad call.

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.

When I were a young man, I used to play baseball and steal bases just like Jackie Robinson. If the empire would rule me out, I would get mad and hit the empire.

Do you know what you’ve done?” I asked in a bland tone. Annette gave me an inquiring look. “You’ve gotten on my last nerve.” The table went crashing into her before she could blink, and then my fist found a home in her perfectly arranged hair.

Boy, do I hate to lose.

I don't think I've ever held a racket in my hand ... There's got to be somebody in the US who isn't trying to play tennis and stinking up the court.

I Don't Care About FIFA. This is bullshit.