Yannick Noah Quotes & Sayings

Your child is happy. What else could you want? — Yannick Noah

Downtown, one has less time. But there are in Europe much people who have the faith, in South America, too. — Yannick Noah

People judged my work without to have listened to it. — Yannick Noah

We have a saying in France. A dog doesn't make a cat. — Yannick Noah

In the villages in Europe, there are still healers who tell stories. — Yannick Noah

Being in the stands is very difficult. I was never playing but I am nervous watching, waiting. — Yannick Noah

At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible. — Yannick Noah

It made me hungry. I feel like I'm in a program that really helped me individually as a player. I feel like I'm with a group of guys that are like my best friends. — Yannick Noah

I did not support any more New York. I lived 10 years there, and after September 11, I felt very European. I did not share the opinion of people in the street, who were deeply influenced by what they heard in the media. — Yannick Noah

When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us. — Yannick Noah

I felt the weight of the past at the beginning of my career of singer. — Yannick Noah

Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid. — Yannick Noah

You arrive at a village, and in this calm environment, one starts to hear echo. — Yannick Noah

I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well. — Yannick Noah

I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as their weapons. — Yannick Noah

In black Africa, one does not strike, one does not express, one walks right. — Yannick Noah

After a desperate fight, to know to congratulate your opponent, if he has beaten you, to shake his hand and go for a drink with him, in my eyes these things are particularly important. — Yannick Noah

I always traveled. I left Cameroon when I was 11 years old. I lived in the USA, in Switzerland. — Yannick Noah

The important thing is staying together if you want to do something special. — Yannick Noah

To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable. — Yannick Noah

Cracked was a very short warrior, whereas Marley was a pacifist warrior. — Yannick Noah