John McEnroe Quotes (66 Quotes)

A lot of time there is hype and people talking about players when deep down they know it's not going to happen but Murray is really capable of being a great player. He has a way of keeping you off balance and a real feel for the game. Mentally he's proved to be pretty tough and his body has grown as well recently. He plays hard, shows a lot of emotion and is a breath of fresh air. Just the type of player tennis needs.

If you believe that Anna Kournikova's claim that she is a virgin, I've never questioned a call in my life.

We should reach out to people to try to go after the fans the way other sports do. Because we can't just depend on the fact that it is a great game.

Neutering is good for his temper, it's good for his health, and it's the most important thing you can do to make a difference for homeless animals ... Did you know that shelters have to kill more than 4 million animals every year just because there aren't enough good homes out there I can't have that on my conscience.

If Roger stopped right now and never won another match, to me he'd already be one of the greatest players to ever play the game. To me, he's the greatest all around talent that I've ever seen.

We should be trying anything and everything. It's amazing to me how little has changed in tennis, ... The big innovation this year is a blue court. That's like putting a Band-Aid on something. We should be trying different things and reach out to the fans the way other sports do. We can't just depend on the fact it's a great game.

His experience and work ethic is a wonderful example for the rest of this squad. This is a very professional bunch of players and I am confident in our team spirit - we will be well prepared for the task at hand.

If there's one guy I wouldn't count out it would be him, but the history books tell you that at this point it doesn't happen, ... But he's thrown that out before. ... I didn't think he'd be as fit as he is.

It's the physical part for Andre Is Andre going to be fresh enough ... And it's the mental part for James Is it going to be too overwhelming for him He's playing a guy he really looks up to and respects. A lot of times that's like being down a break.

Roddick is already feeling the heat because he took a step back this last year. There's no doubt that if (Federer) plays up to his capability, he's going to win it.

Things slow down, the ball seems a lot bigger and you feel like you have more time. Everything computes - you have options, but you always take the right one.

I told Jonas to pick up me up because I was bound to drop down after my birthday.

When I had Roddick on the Davis Cup team as a practice player, you could tell right away the guy was going to be a top 10, top 5 player.

It's hard to be in a booth five hours, step out of the booth and be on the court in 20 minutes. I feel like I've been fortunate to have the opportunity to get into the commentating, and I want to do that right and correctly, and I'm not sure I have enough in the tank, so to speak, to do both.

This taught me a lesson, but I'm not quite sure what it is.

It can work. Hopefully, we can find a way into some of the big events a combination of places like Naples, as well as having an event at the U.S. Open or Wimbledon.

He still believes he can win one more time.

C'mon, Anna, right at the girl, ... She's the champion of Canada.

I think it's the mark of a great player to be confident in tough situations.

This taught me a lesson, but I'm not sure what it is.

What is the single most important quality in a tennis champion? I would have to say desire, staying in there and winning matches when you are not playing that well.

I guess we should wait until the results come in.

I had a similar year back in 1984 when I felt like I couldn't lose.

Murray is the type of player I hope I will be involved with because I think he has the potential to be a good player.

He's the greatest ball striker in the history of the game. No one has ever hit a ball better.

I believe, for example, there should be senior singles events at the majors. That's something you've got to go around to work to be supportive.

But these guys learn so fast now, they sort of soak up the information, they're fearless. Those are the guys who learn from their mistakes and come back strong the next time.

I think I'm about as fit as I've been the last 10 years. As far as my fitness level for playing a couple sets of doubles, this isn't about fitness. This is going to be about -- you know, luck is going to have something to do with it, mentally sort of how I handle it, how Jonas handles it, how my opponents handle it. Everyone is going to come into this with a different level of pressure, feeling they have to prove themselves in different ways. From that standpoint, the way I see it, it's more mental than anything else. I could see myself doing doubles in five years. I hardly feel like that's a big issue.

The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. Life is a learning process and you have to try to learn what's best for you. Let me tell you, life is not fun when you're banging your head against a brick wall all the time.

There's something deeply satisfying when it succeeds, but I'm not going to do another book just to put my name on something and make some money if it's not something I deeply care about.

I'd like to think I could have and should have won more, but that's not the point. And I was at the point where I was playing great tennis in the mid 80s - the type of tennis people hadn't seen before - and I was very proud of that.

There's one more to go and it's two Stanford boys, apparently, so I hope they've got the script right.

It would be fitting I hope he does it. For a country like Croatia, it would mean even more than when I did it for the States.

I'll let the racket do the talking.

To be involved in a senior tournament back in the States is very satisfying.

It means a lot to be back in New York. Particularly since one of the last senior event scheduled in the States was supposed to be here in New York. We were supposed to play in Central Park right after 9-11 and when 9-11 happened obviously things changed.

Everybody loves success, but they hate successful people.

Someday you'll thank me for this. I wondered about that for a while. Then I understood what she meant. I think she realized she was such trouble, and so incapable of being the wife that I wanted, that eventually I'd be happier with someone else.

It would be more interesting, more exciting, if a player lost a point if wrong on the second challenge. It would make the player think before challenging. Particularly in a tie-breaker where every point counts.

I believe there's only one autobiography you can do.

Let's put it this way I was proud of the effort I put into the book and of the success it had, but I'm in no hurry to do another book.

Well I think that's probably one of a few, where I grew up in the City of New York, it's got a lot of energy, my parents are Irish-American so there was a bit of yelling going on in my house but it seemed normal.

I think the players, I put in the book for example that we should go back to wood rackets, probably they laughed at me, I'm a dinosaur, but I think that you see these great players, have even more variety and you see more strategy, there'd be more subtlety.

It's like a second chance for the fans and the players -- an opportunity for us to show people that we've still got it. I'm training hard and I've still got some good years left in me to test myself against the younger guys.

That, ... is going to require some deep thought.

I think the U.S. Open was the best in many years, with (Andre) Agassi making the finals. The problem is accessibility. They need to improve on that part. They aren't making enough effort to show their personality. They have gone in the wrong direction for too long and need to improve.

There's more shot-making, there's less of an ability before there was more shot-making because I think that guys didn't hit the ball as hard.

If, in a few months, I'm only number 8 or number 10 in the world, I'll have to look at what off-the-court work I can do. I will need to do something if I want to be number 1.

Do you have any problems, other than that you're unemployed, a moron, and a dork?

I'm all for it. It's about time it was introduced.