Goran Ivanisevic Quotes (20 Quotes)


    I think I owe it to myself and my fans in Britain to play one more Wimbledon.

    I didn't even have fun to break anything today. That's how I felt, you know. Today's such a day when, you know... Even if somebody told me, 'Break,' I wouldn't break. You just... But I don't know. With me, anything is possible. When I come on the court, you know, anything happens. So they always expect something, something is gonna happen. But today, nothing happen. Today was show but no actors in the show, you know. Disappointing.

    It's going to be very tough walking to the net for the last time. That will be it after 15 years. No more professional tennis. I don't know what kind of emotions are going to go through my head. It will be interesting.

    It's over. Perhaps for good, perhaps for the next 10 years. This is my final decision. I will not sleep on it, I will not change it.

    I believe we will carry on with good results after this sensational triumph. It is now up to us to break with a tradition that Davis Cup winners almost regularly lose in the first round the following season.


    Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence.

    It's great, but there is one problem. She doesn't sleep. At night she seems to turn into a vampire. She wakes up every night five or 10 times, asking for things, singing, calling out.

    When you are winning too much, sometimes you think you should never lose again. I am learning to lose.


    I hope that we will break up that infamous tradition that a Davis Cup winner is defeated already in the first round the next season.

    It's fun to be there with the guys, to practice with them, arrange the balls, do this, do that, but when you play you can get some of this nervousness out of your system.

    If she only wakes up five times in a night, it's like I've won the lottery. I'm awake at night and asleep during the day. I haven't found a way to keep her asleep. I tried yelling, but if I yell it gets even worse, she starts to cry and scream even more

    As soon as I step on the court I just try to play tennis and don't find excuses. You know, I just lost because I lost, not because my arm was sore.

    This is the biggest achievement this team has had in its history, so for sure we want to go even further,

    He is strong in the head. You can't win a junior Grand Slam and knock out the world's No. 25 player in your first senior tournament if you're not strong in the head.

    It's going to be much easier for me this time than in the quarter-finals because that was the first time I played (in front of these fans)...I didn't know what to expect from that situation. Hopefully, I'll play better this time.

    It's easier when you play. You get your emotion out. You scream. You yell. You do whatever you want. You play. But it's tough to sit.

    It's my obligation to be ready if I'm picked as the fourth player. Something happens and I have to be ready because I'll have to then play doubles or something. ... I have to be ready and I'm going to be ready.

    It meant a lot to me that Marin experienced such a match in front of packed stands. It was a good lesson and he can improve himself.

    You can't slow the game here. It's grass, it's always going to be fast.


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