Boris Becker

I want to be a hero, a small and good kind of hero, even though I know heroes have very short lives.

For a year, I had all sorts of weirdos coming on to me.

I had the pleasure of competing at the Olympic Games and at Wimbledon and was fortunate enough to win the gold medal in both events,

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.

The boys are so powerful off of the baseline now that they don’t have to come to the net to finish points. That’s the reason we went to the net. To finish the point. Nowadays, even the big guys can hit winners four feet behind the baseline.

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

I am decidedly unfriendly during a golf game, from the first hole to the last.

Anyone could become a star, but everyone must be a human being.

The glory is being happy. The glory is not winning here or winning there. The glory is enjoying practicing, enjoy every day, enjoying to work hard, trying to be a better player than before.

I am going to fight for important things.

The bad thing about the tennis calendar is how it is made and obligates you to play tournaments all year. If you want to achieve the most you can and go as high up in the rankings as you can, you have to play from the start to the finish because there are important tournaments from the beginning to the end.

I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court. Being alone in the dark is something I don’t like.

If somebody says I am better than Roger, I think this person doesn’t know anything about tennis.

For sure, I’m going to play less matches because I think it’s very difficult to win the same number of matches as last year. Maybe I’m going to play a little bit less, but I like playing tournaments; so if I feel good, I going to play for sure.

I still take advice from my mum on what clothes look good on me. I used to listen to her a lot more, but I’ve started to choose my own things from time to time.

I am just like all the jerks and idiots you know. I am just a guy that watches sports all day.

In the second, I told myself just to hold my serve and try and be aggressive on his serve, and hopefully get a break. I also applied more topspin on my forehand. Once I won the second game after being 0-30 down, my confidence also went up.

I am not the most courageous guy in the world outside of the court.

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

I only ever run when there’s some point to it – say, if it’s in a game of tennis.

Is more for precaution. You don’t know tomorrow what’s happen, no? But now I am happy because I don’t feel too much pain. But I can finish the match, so that’s a good sign.