Boris Becker

That’s the hard part about sport: as men we haven’t started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old people. I needed support. I lost trust and did stupid things.

I go to my favourite tournament, I talk about my favourite sport and it’s just a great month of parading.

The eyes of some of the fans at Davis Cup matches scare me. There’s no light in them. Fixed emotions. Blind worship. Horror. It makes me think of what happened to us long ago.

I haven’t lost a war. No one got killed. I just lost a tennis match.

The only thing I had on my mind was tennis, and sometimes girls,… My life was all about tennis. My office was the whole world. The word home didn’t really exist.

An autobiography is not about pictures; it’s about the stories; it’s about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people’s privacy.

It’s more a tennis problem than a mental problem. The transition is difficult. It depends how much time you have. Playing on grass can sometimes be a bit of a lottery.

I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.

The eyes of some of the fans at Davis Cup matches scare me. There’s no light in them. Fixed emotions. Blind worship. Horror. It makes me think of what happened to us long ago.

I’m only superstitious on the tennis court.

The favorite is always the No. 1. I can win. Blake can win. But the favorite is the No. 1.

More than anything, believe that you can win.

If you are playing bad you are going to lose here, on clay, on ice, or on the beach.

[Roger Federer] We have a guy from Switzerland who is just playing the game in a way I haven’t seen anyone – and I mean anyone – play before. How fortunate we are to be able to see that. If he stays healthy and motivated – and the wonderful feel he has stays with him – he is the kind of guy who can overtake the greatest.

I don’t really care what the man on the street thinks. I never did anything to please him in the first place, and I’m not going to start now.

The US player Andy Roddick reaches speeds of 220 kilometers per hour when he serves. If I train with him every day, I will later be at an advantage against a player whose service crosses the net at 190 kilometers per hour.

Winning is a way of expressing yourself.

I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.

Sport has the power to change the world.

I love this game, I love this sport, I love this league. Why don’t I get my own team?

If I am not playing at one hundred percent, it is going to be very difficult for me to win.