Andre Agassi Quotes

Hitting the ball has never been my issue, so I can literally not pick up a racquet for two months and hit the ball, really, really nicely. I mean movement's always an issue.

It never seizes to amaze me how much I enjoy playing here and how much you fans have meant to me over the years.

I play tennis for a living even though I hate tennis, hate it with a dark and secret passion and always have.

It's no accident, I think, that tennis uses the language of life. Advantage, service, fault, break, love, the basic elements of tennis are those of everyday existence, because every match is a life in miniature. Even the structure of tennis, the way the pieces fit inside one another like Russian nesting dolls, mimics the structure of our days. Points become games become sets become tournaments, and it's all so tightly connected that any point can become the turning point. It reminds me of the way seconds become minutes become hours, and any hour can be our finest. Or darkest. It's our choice.

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

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

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

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

First of all, let me say, 1:15 in the morning, for 20,000 people to still be here, I wasn't the winner, tennis was. That's awesome. I don't know if I've ever felt so good here before.

There's no such thing as an open draw. At least for me - I mean, obviously for Roger Federer, I think every draw feels open for him - but for me there's no such thing as an open draw

Sex doesn't interfere with your tennis; it's staying out all night trying to find it that affects your tennis.

Pride is bad, stress is good. I don't want to feel confident. I want to feel rage. Endless, all consuming rage.

There are many ways of getting strong, sometimes talking is the best way.

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

This is the only perfection there is, the perfection of helping others.

A great coach can lead you to a place where you don't need him any more.

When I was 7 years old I saw Jimmy Connors make someone carry his bag, as though he were Julius Caesar. I vowed then and there that I would always carry my own.

If I don't do what I need to do to win, I won't win, no matter who is on the other side of the net.

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

A strong body listens. It obeys. A weak body commands. If your body is weak it tells you what to do. If your body is strong it'll actually listen to you when you tell it to do something. If you build it right you can overcome some of the obstacles of age and recovery.

Hitting a ball dead perfect - the only peace.

Life will throw everything but the kitchen sink in your path, and then it will throw the kitchen sink. It's your job to avoid the obstacles. If you let them stop you or distract you, you're not doing your job, and failing to do your job will cause regrets that paralyze you more than a bad back.

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

It's easier to live with disappointment than regret.

Success doesn't always come in the form of a trophy. Keep striving for success.

You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.

Freed from the thoughts of winning, I instantly play better. I stop thinking, start feeling. My shots become a half-second quicker, my decisions become the product of instinct rather than logic.

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.

He thinks it's his day, and when you think it's your day, it usually is.

My only good result in 1997 was marrying Brooke Shields.

I'm going to go down swinging... I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad tournament.

All the good stuff is on the other side of tired.

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

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

I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.

I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens.

You'll hear a lot of applause in your life, but none will mean more to you than that applause from your peers. I hope each of you hears that at the end.

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I can live with losing, I can't live without taking my chance.

It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world and to beat them. And it means a lot to me to be out here and fighting for the title and, you know, it hurts not to win it.

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

The scoreboard said I lost today, but what the scoreboard doesn't say is what it is I have found. Over the last 21 years, I have found loyalty. You have pulled for me on the court and also in life. I found inspiration. You have willed me to succeed, sometimes even in my lowest moments, and I've found generosity. You have given me your shoulders to stand on to reach for my dreams, dreams I could never have reached without you.

The best predictor of future events is probably past events.

I've been cheered by thousands, booed by thousands, but nothing feels as bad as the booing inside your own head during those ten minutes before you fall asleep.

If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

You have to understand who you are and figure out a way to communicate it. It might be in a different industry, but it's about what pumps the blood through your veins, what makes you excited, what pushes your buttons. And then discovering the best way to communicate that, no matter how big or small; it's what you stand for, what you believe in, and what reflects who you are.

What you feel doesn’t matter in the end; it’s what you do that makes you brave.

If Pete’s (Sampras) child is a girl, my son will like her; if he’s a boy, my son will defeat him.