Boris Becker Best Quotes & Sayings

The eyes of some of the fans at Davis Cup matches scare me. There's no light in them. Fixed emotions. Blind worship. Horror. It makes me think of what happened to us long ago. — Boris Becker

I believe that everything in life happens for a reason. — Boris Becker

I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I Love to play. — Boris Becker

The fifth set is not about tennis, it's about nerves. — Boris Becker

Tennis has to be very careful.Not everyone is a computer, it is very good we have John McEnroe. I hope we have a couple more. — Boris Becker

I believed in raising my children as I had been raised. — Boris Becker

I drew my strength from fear. Fear of losing. I don't remember the games I won, only the games I lost. — Boris Becker

Does anyone ask their parents how they are conceived? — Boris Becker

Girls had never been important. I'd had a girlfriend or two and had liked them a lot but it wasn't love, because my first love was tennis. — Boris Becker

You see Boris Becker, Mats Wilander, Nadal, Pete Sampras - they were all great when they were young. As a coach, you can see that type of talent at an early age. — Brad Gilbert

Where do you go when you're the best in the world? What's next? — Boris Becker

I want to be a hero, a small and good kind of hero, even though I know heroes have very short lives. — Boris Becker

I met with my lawyers. They gave me all the wrong advice. For a long time I refused to accept the child was mine. I should have met her, arranged a DNA test and accepted my responsibility. — Boris Becker

A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading him the story of Noah's Ark. — Boris Becker

I'm not a God, I make mistakes. — Boris Becker

I didn't start a war. Nobody died. — Boris Becker

Cristiano reminds me of German tennis player Michael Stich. He was destined to make history, but then Boris Becker showed up. Cristiano is so fast, so strong, so incredible, but he has one problem: Leo Messi. — Jurgen Klopp

I lost in the second round of the French Open and had 10 days off. I went to the Hard Rock Cafe. It was exciting to be away from my parents, to stay in a hotel. Hotels at 17 meant freedom. — Boris Becker

The suit-and-tie job is very nice but it's not really who I am in my heart. — Boris Becker

When I was a child, I had posters of James Dean in my room. I was a big admirer of his work and was fascinated by him living on the edge. Looking back, my life was kind of the same. — Boris Becker

It's not that difficult to play well and win titles in a team like Barcelona, but it's in the national side where you see a player's true class. That was the case with figures like Pele, Diego Maradona and Zinedine Zidane. With Spain, Iniesta has shown that he is among the best players of all time and that's why I rate him higher than Messi or Ronaldo. Even though the latter two have incredible scoring records for their clubs, they still haven't won anything with Argentina or Portugal respectively. — Boris Becker

Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing. — Boris Becker

We have a guy from Switzerland who is just playing the game in a way I haven't seen anyone - and I mean anyone - play before. How fortunate we are to be able to see that. If he stays healthy and motivated - and the wonderful feel he has stays with him - he is the kind of guy who can overtake the greatest. — Boris Becker

Girls are a distraction and can easily cost points. — Boris Becker

I don't really care what the man on the street thinks. I never did anything to please him in the first place, and I'm not going to start now. — Boris Becker

It was a confusing time in my life, a really bad day at the office. — Boris Becker

When you are thrown onto the stage at 17 in such an enormous way, it becomes living on the edge because every step you take, every word you speak, every action you do becomes headline news. And it became, for me, life or death. — Boris Becker

An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people's privacy. — Boris Becker

So this is it. Match point for eternity. — Boris Becker

I haven't lost a war. No one got killed. I just lost a tennis match. — Boris Becker

I was in the tennis bubble. I wasn't thinking about the big picture. I didn't notice what they said on television, I wasn't reading any papers. I had a coach and a manager, and they kept me in the bubble. — Boris Becker

I go to my favourite tournament, I talk about my favourite sport and it's just a great month of parading. — Boris Becker

For a year, I had all sorts of weirdos coming on to me. — Boris Becker

Winning is a way of expressing yourself. — Boris Becker