Andre Agassi Quotes - Page 3

In tennis you're on an island. Of all the games men and women play, tennis is the closest to solitary confinement.

Even if it’s not your ideal life, you can always choose it. No matter what your life is, choosing it changes everything.

Tennis was always sort of a - a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself. And the things that I sort of discovered at times I not only didn't want to see it for myself but I certainly didn't want millions of people to see it.

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I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis.

You don't cheat anybody out of their experience, whatever it is.

I always felt tennis and winning was a byproduct of doing everything right.

Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it... Other times, you have a great desire for it, but physically you're not responding the way you want. That presents other challenges. Then sometimes it all comes together.

Being number two sucks.

My only good result in 1997 was marrying Brooke Shields.

Tennis is a very objective sport in the sense that the scoreboard doesn't lie.

It's shocking how little there is to do with tennis when you're just thinking about nothing except winning every point.

I envy Pete Sampras's dullness. I wish I could emulate his spectacular lack of inspiration.

My father actually moved out from Chicago just so he could play tennis 365 days a year, so it was - it was a place we played every day. We played before school. We played after school. We woke up. We played tennis. We brushed our teeth in that order.

I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then yes, absolutely.

I had my moments for sure but I wasn't confrontational. And sometimes you get on the court and you'd find yourself very confrontational. It was all a discovery.

I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour.

I think one of the greatest joys I have now in my career and in my profession is to be playing at an age where I can appreciate it more than I used to... It's a whole different lens you look through the older you get.

The most animated talks we have are about...things

That's the greatest applause that any person will ever receive in their life when it comes from their peers

The best predictor of future events is probably past events.

Every now and then I will play; I try to focus on charitable work. I might do it because it's an offer I can't refuse, so I rally and try to stay in shape and keep myself active.

People who are interested with me have for sure gotten older over the years, for example, grandparents are coming up to me telling me they grew up watching me.

I don't always choose to stay fit by playing tennis, because that comes with its own wear-and-tear.

Tennis is one of the only sports in America where the sport doesn't grow with the size of the person - it just forces you to swallow the whole pill.