Andre Agassi Quotes (200 Quotes)


    There's a sense of urgency on every point, on every shot. It's an incredible challenge. I certainly didn't have enough today.

    I always worry about health -- is everything holding up

    Over the last 20 years, I've come full circle, ... To be here at an age where I can take in that sort of love and be at an age where I can embrace it is a tremendous feeling.

    He went through a stretch where I was lucky if I was in every third point on his serve, but I just said to myself I wanted to make him earn it and I finally got a chance in the fifth set.

    I had my moments for sure but I wasn't confrontational. And sometimes you get on the court and you'd find yourself very confrontational. It was all a discovery.


    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.

    Listen, James is an easy guy to like, and he's an easy guy to root for, ... If he's getting the better of me, if we happen to play, you know I couldn't wish it for a better person. He deserves support. I just hope it will be a great standard match.

    I prepare to be there under any circumstances, which in many years has been less than ideal,

    This is one of the most exciting things to happen in my 20 years in tennis.

    He can keep his spin, but I'd rather take away his speed or make him right-handed. Any one of those things would change the dynamics dramatically. I'd first go speed, (and) then I'd go right-handed then I'd go spin. On clay it's different. Spin would probably be right up there with the speed. On hard court, I can take the ball early and I didn't have much issue with that, but I did have issue with his ability to use his speed to get a hold of a point and then he wouldn't let go of it once he had it.

    Young said during a recent conference call that he decided to turn pro when he received a wild-card invitation to a tournament in San Jose. He is excited to play, ... I'm a little nervous. I mean, I hope I don't play one of them.

    I might surprise you a little bit, ... I feel good. I'm certainly going to be looking forward to it. Mentally just being out there is going to take care of that. Physically I'll be able to make somebody earn it, that's for sure.

    It's always awkward playing somebody for the first time. Tonight I just stayed with executing my shots, stayed comfortable.

    It was good to close that one out, it was only getting tougher,

    I think one of the greatest joys I have now in my career and in my profession is to be playing at an age where I can appreciate it more than I used to... It's a whole different lens you look through the older you get.

    I don't know if I can put in context with how this compares with some of my greatest moments on tennis courts, but it's right up there,

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

    Andre was for a time fighting his own personal battles, whatever they were, and wasn't putting his whole heart into the tennis. The way I see it in his eyes, this is just frosting.

    It's really disappointing to miss this year's tournament and I was really looking forward to playing again in the Bay Area.

    I kept my head down and kept wanting to make him earn it. In the third and fourth set, I felt I was a bit living on the edge with my serve. But then in the fifth, I settled down a little bit on my service games and put enough pressure on him to get that break.

    I plan to return to the court as soon as my ankle is fully recovered.

    I love playing here -- a lot of memories, a lot of great matches. This is disappointing. It would have been nice to be here, but it's not worth being less than my best.

    Today required a lot of concentration because it only took a mental lapse for one or two shots and the set's over with, ... On a calm day if I'm taking risks against a guy like that, all he needs is one game and then he's going to win the set. I couldn't afford to get too risky. Points happen too quickly out there.

    Listen, with the state of my ankle right now, there's no chance for me to be able to play again,

    Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it... Other times, you have a great desire for it, but physically you're not responding the way you want. That presents other challenges. Then sometimes it all comes together.

    You feel inspired by it -- the hair on the back of your body is standing on end and occasionally it leads to some magic.

    Well, I actually tell my son that I don't have any hair because he asked me the same question that I gave it to him when he was born, so he actually still believes that. He's five years old.

    I think a perfectly played drop shot is one of the prettiest to watch in the game, ... In order for the drop shot to work, somebody has to be respecting what it is you might do besides that. ... When it leaves the racket, you know if you've done it or not.

    I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by.

    I was pretty nervous coming out here today. It took me a while to settle in. But it felt good.

    It's a great sign. I've trained hard. This is why you work so hard, so that physically you can do it. Something like a nerve, you never know when it's going to be an issue. I'll keep my fingers crossed from this day forward. I play by different rules now. My body plays by different rules. I need to listen to that.

    The ball never came in my range today. I didn't play badly but it certainly wasn't good enough. I needed to settle down, but as soon as I tried to get a rally going, he would take his chances and hit some good passing shots. You've got to credit him with that.

    It's been a tough road, but it's been a great road. Roger played way too good today. Congratulations Roger, well done.

    This is what you work so hard for. This means as much to me as being in the finals.... There are few moments that can be this special.

    Is it possible that I can't play anymore It's definitely possible. It seems pretty dark at the moment. But I am an optimist at heart, and I will believe in more moments that I can still have out there. When my body is right, there's still a considerable amount left in me.

    I thought maybe if I tape it and I support it maybe I could push through, ... But the foot went to the outside and down. So on the outside three ligaments were gone and on the inside I had the compression of the bone hitting bone, so I have a bone bruise on the inside.

    I'll eat well, put my feet up, then take a little extra time warming up. I feel surprisingly good, believe it or not. The work's done. It's just about executing.

    You can't always hope for matches to go that uneventfully.

    My kids thought they were on Mars. We couldn't get a word in edgewise, but it was fun to just sit and watch them.

    I've said before, I don't know how I'm going to go out, ... I know one thing, if I'm out there playing well and giving something back to the sport, it's going to be hard not to give it more.

    It took me a while to enjoy playing here the first few years,

    James is a guy that runs on high octane, ... He's a fighter jet. He burns the fuel fast and furious. He's gotten much better with that over the years, but he plays so big and he's so fast that if an edge does come off, it's a big relief. He flies around the court. I put him over anybody on the tour in the straight 100 meters (dash).

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

    It feels amazing, ... This is why you work so hard. These moments don't happen very often anymore. I'm taking it in, and it's feeling pretty good.


    It's frustrating. It's been a long time since I've felt good on the court. It's just getting tiring, that's all.

    Well, you know, I've bonded with a lot of people over the years, you know. We played the same tournaments year after year and we go back to the same place and many times the seats have been full and that has meant the world to me for sure.

    He's the best I've ever played against. Everything you try to do, he has an answer for. He plays the game in a very special way.

    Oh, how do you find words for what this means This has been some of the greatest memories I've ever had on the court, ... I'll have these memories the rest of my life. Being in the finals at 35 just means you're going to have to put up with me a lot longer.

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


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