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Quotes From Our Tennis Legends!

"Champions are people who want to leave their sport better off than when they started".

Arthur Ashe 1998

"A truly great player should be able to win on all surfaces."

Stan Smith 1983 – former Wimbledon and U.S champion

 

"Nobody but the world's top-ranked player knows what it takes to get to the top. 

You have to sacrifice everything."

Bjorn Borg – 11 time Grand Slam Champion

 

"People don't remember who finishes second."

Pete Sampras

 

"People know me.  I'm not going to produce any cartwheels out there.

 I'm not going to belong on comedy central.  I'll always be a tennis player,

not a celebrity."

Pete Sampras 1997

 

"Pancho Segura wants me to think about situations.  But I am not the type of

player who responds well to a lot of thinking."

Andre Agassi – on new coach Pancho Segura 1993

 

"My nerves were getting the best of me.  It happens to everybody.

 Anybody who says they don't choke, they're lying."

Pete Sampras – who saved 6 match points before eventually beating Gustavo Kuerten

 

"My father taught me one important lesson: to not be afraid to lose."

Chris Evert

 

"Don't ever show anything negative to your opponent."

John Newcombe – winner of 7 Grand Slam singles titles

 

"We all choke.  That's all right.  We're not machines.  What you have

 to learn is to accept the fact and not panic.  It's the panic that loses you

the match, not the nerves."

Rod Laver – from the 1988 book, Open Tennis: The first Twenty Years

 

"If you're not sure if a ball is in or out, give your opponent a reasonable

 benefit of the doubt".

Rod Laver – From the 1997 book, The Tennis Lover's Book of Wisdom

 

"I guess you could basically say I got too big for my britches…..

The way I handled things – throwing my rackets and loosing my

 temper – was a disgrace to myself."

Andre Agassi 1989

 

"Everyone always looked upon me as the bad guy – as the women

with big muscles.  That hurt."

Martina Navratilova 1991

 

"If there's one role model in tennis, it's Pete Sampras.  He's behaving

perfectly on the court, he's a nice fellow off the court, and he's playing

great tennis altogether.  I think he's extremely good for tennis."

Boris Becker 1995

 

"For me Sampras was always the most complete player.  He has

the power, he has the speed, he has the touch.  He is the best player ever."

Boris Becker 1997

 

"Sampras, Sampras, Sampras, Sampras, Sampras

Andre Agassi, when asked to name the 5 greatest players of all time 1998

 

"Pete is in a different world.  He looks like the best player I've ever seen in this sport."

John McEnroe 1997

 

"Martina is the best athlete I've seen in tennis, and probably the best ever. 

 I think if you combine strength and quickness and agility, she is the best

athlete, without a doubt."

Chris Evert on Martina Navratalova 1986

 

"For me she is the uncontested No. 1; she has left a mark on the sport

 like no one else."

Steffi Graff, naming Martina Navratalova as the greatest player in history 1999

"When Andre's on, forget it.  He does practically everything better than anybody else."

Pete Sampras

 

"Just because you're No.1 on the computer doesn't mean you're the

 best player in the world."

Pete Sampras 1998-99

 

"I…had been terribly impressed by this player who never said a word

and whose concentration was always so perfect.  Yes, he was the example I chose to follow."

Bjorn Borg on Rod Laver

 

"Tennis is a perfect combination of violent action taking place in

an atmosphere of total tranquility"

Billie Jean King

 

"This sport has given me so much that my hope would be to give

back as much as I can for as long as I can"

Andre Agassi

 

"Not since the days of Boris Becker have I seen such intimidation

on a tennis court.  Rafael Nadal is on clay what the German

phenomenon was on grass."

John McEnroe

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Greatest darts quotes ever:

 

Andy Fordham was nicknamed 'The Whippet' as a child. Fact. For two weeks only, darts takes the sporting spotlight as the new year sees two world championships. Around the thud, sweat and beers, the battle of the oche provides some vintage comedy commentary moments. From Sid Waddell to Bobby George, here are some of the best arrers soundbites of all-time... NO BULL I feel like a right muppet now. The 2007 BDO champion Martin 'Wolfie' Adams bursts into tears after beating Phill Nixon 3-0 in a rerun of the previous year's final. Before a match I like to relax with 25 bottles of Holsten Pils and six steak n' kidney pies. Andy Fordham on his MySpace page before he was taken seriously ill in January 2007. It really is fit or bust now for Andy. Thirteen-time world darts champion Phil 'The Power' Taylor has a health warning for Fordham. My wife says I'm not half the man I used to be, and she's not kidding. Fordham on his recovery after shedding 10 stone. Darts really can help with literacy. BBC presenter Ray Stubbs to Sports Minister Richard Caborn. That'll be numeracy, Ray. Who let the dogs out? The Lakeside crowd after the tournament's first streaker on the oche in 2001 as Ted 'The Count' Hankey played Shaun Greatbach. Shaun's broken-hearted because it was his first time here and he didn't perform. Hankey gets a hankey ready for his opponent. I wasn't nervous during the match but the streaker certainly affected my game. I just wish I'd got her name and address! Greatbach gets the shakes. He even went to Transylvania for his honeymoon. Commentator Tony Green on the Dracula-loving 2000 BDO world champion Hankey. Fangs ain't what they used to be. Green warms to his theme. I asked for the air-conditioning to be turned off, because it was blowing my darts all over the shop. A technical glitch puts the wind up Mervyn King during his 2003 Lakeside final defeat. WHEN DARTS GO BAD The other day Phil was going on about how he could not get a set of table and chairs in his Bentley. What does he want a Bentley for? It is pathetic, absolutely pathetic. Chris Mason on 13-time champion Phil 'The Power' Taylor. I drive a nine-year old car and he rubs everyone's noses in it by driving round in a Bentley. Mason warms to this theme. Phil is lucky I'm not 10 years younger when my b******s were bigger than my brain. He is always giving it the 'Bertie big'. Ok, Chris, time to let it go now. At the end he effed and blinded at me. I'll see him upstairs in a minute and we'll see how big and brave he is. Taylor crushes Mason but is unhappy with his beaten opponent's reaction. If he wants to sort it out in the car park, I will see him there. I am a bigger man than him. Mason hits back, although careful you don't scratch the Bentley, Chris. I feel to receive a considerable amount of money due to the past week's exposure would be in bad taste and undermine my sincere regret. Mason apologises and reveals he turned down a spot on Celebrity Big Brother. No, really. BOBBY GEORGE It's in his genes - it's in his 501s. Cushty-wushty. Bobby George, former world darts finalist and BBC commentator. Never knowingly under-punned. His darts used to stick out like tulips in the board. On the improvement of Dutchman Vincent van der Voort. Is ballrooming dancing a sport? It's recognised as a sport but I don't see any balls there. Bobby defends darts as a sport. Painter didn't play well early on - you could say he was up and down like a paint brush. George turns to some DIY commentary. SID WADDELL Cliff Lazarenko's idea of exercise is a firm press on a soda siphon. Commentator Sid Waddell on one of darts' biggest stars. In every sense. Bristow reasons; Bristow quickens; aaaaah Bristow! The 'Crafty Cockney' Bristow was different gravy. We couldn't have more excitement if Elvis walked in and asked for a chip sandwich. The darts can leave you all shook up. William Tell could take an apple off your head, Taylor could take out a processed pea. Tribute to 'The Power'.

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