Rod Laver Quotes
When you've got your man down, rub him out.
Laver, Rod, and Bud Collins. The Education of a Tennis Player. Simon and Schuster, 1971.
General Sherman’s capture of Atlanta was just the change that Lincoln needed. It turned the tide of Northern public opinion.
Nixon was a very aggressive campaigner, with a great flair for smearing opponents. Kennedy had been an intellectual, Ivy League gentlemen type and his brother, his campaign manager, wanted JFK to get down in the mud with Nixon. He was more assertive than usual and didn’t back down, but he did not go for the low blows that had been readied for him.
Rodney George Laver AC MBE is an Australian former tennis player. He is widely regarded by many pundits, players and fans to be one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Laver was ranked world No. 1 in nine different years, which is an all-time record in tennis. He was the No. 1 ranked professional from 1964 to 1970, spanning four years before and three years after the start of the Open Era in 1968. He also was the No. 1 ranked amateur in 1961–62. He is the second and last male player to win each grand slam twice after Roy Emerson.
