Penny Hardaway Quotes

To the fans, thank you for your patience and concern. They've been on point with my career, especially after my injuries.

Barbara Broccoli was a great friend of my late wife's and continues to be someone who is very gracious with me, my family, and our life.

I would like to thank all my tennis fans who were there from Day One when I was No. 1, through my stabbing, and my comeback.

I really feel that my fans have given me a lot of confidence.

There are awful things that happen, dreams get crushed, you build yourself back up again, and then there are, hopefully, incredible partners in misery that say, 'Let me help you. I've been there before.'

What really keeps me grounded is my fans and the way that I connect with them.

My fans are my family, because they understand me and I understand them.

What little success I may have won in life I attribute to the loyalty I had for a dear old friend who was my first steel master, whom you perhaps have never heard of: Captain Bill Jones.

At the end of the day, your fans are the people who support you in and out. And their opinions matter.

There's nothing as exciting as a comeback - seeing someone with dreams, watching them fail, and then getting a second chance.

I can easily ignore my detractors and feel the people who respond favorably.

Once in a while you start having second thoughts, then you read a letter from someone that lifts your spirits so much - it really makes a huge difference. I love reading them.

They stayed by my side the whole time - my teammates, family and all the fans.

There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.

I get to know my regular fans, and they inspire me.

There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.

I think that everybody needs somebody to really look up to and know that even though you're going through a tough time, you'll get over it.

The fans are the biggest reason we do what we do.

But I have returned to one hundred percent playing this year. I am fully back to playing full time.

I'm healed up and I feel great. After going through the fire, it's great to be out performing again.

My friends and family are my support system. They tell me what I need to hear, not what I want to hear and they are there for me in the good and bad times. Without them I have no idea where I would be and I know that their love for me is what's keeping my head above the water.

I've learned it's really important to work hard and keep your family and friends close. You've got to let them know how much you appreciate them for sticking by you.

I'm not looking for sympathy at all.

Having fans wherever I go gives me an energy, and it is the source of my power.

I don't know the vast majority of you personally, and it may sound kind of corny, but I really feel as if we've become friends through the years. And you've been with me during a lot of good times and some very difficult ones. I can't tell you how grateful I am.