Mark Philippoussis Quotes

I'm a person who gets better with practice. Getting older is awesome - because you get more practice.

You live, you learn.

Of course, experience strengthens one later.

I believe all positive things and negative things are valuable because they shape you.

I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it.

I have grown up seeing success and failure.

I went through a lot, but as I went through it, I learned from the situations.

At 16, I was more resilient and easygoing than I am now.

As I've gotten older, I've been given more responsibility. I think I've grown into that.

I had to grow up, but I think I've grown up a lot. I think I'm handling myself well.

I've gotten tougher.

Everyone goes through adversity in life, but what matters is how you learn from it.

One wouldn't want to have the same dilemmas at 50 as one had at 15. And indeed I don't. I have a very different take on life.

Sometimes your disappointments make you a stronger person for the future.

Ah! Young people, travel if you can, and if you cannot - travel all the same!

You can learn more from the lows than the highs. The highs are great but the lows make you really look at things in a different way and want to improve. Every player will have both in their careers and I have, but what you get is that experience which is so important to perform at your best.

Every experience makes you grow.

People mature with age and experience. I hope I more resemble a fine wine than bad vinegar.

Life experience is not something to be denied, but to be celebrated.

My overall look on things is a lot more mature than it used to be.

Build up your weaknesses until they become your strong points.

A sense of freedom is something that, happily, comes with age and life experience.

I think it's my personality to overcome things, learn from them and become stronger, both personally and professionally.

Everything in life, bad or good, makes you change and grow - happily, because if it didn't, we'd be machines.

My advice would be not to write until after 35. You need some experience, and for life to knock you about a bit. Growing up is so hard you probably won't have much emotion to spare anyway.