Krajicek Quotes & Sayings

I don't think anybody was ever up 6-2 and would lose the tiebreaker. — Richard Krajicek

My father's coaching Misha and I just might help from time to time. — Richard Krajicek

Abbas is on his way to becoming a professor of terrorism. After denying the Holocaust in his doctoral thesis, he now claims that Hamas is not a terrorist organization. — Danny Danon

But the problem with coaching is that it is a full-time job. By that I mean for at least 40 weeks in a year you have to be with the player, either travelling or training. Right now I don't want to do that. — Richard Krajicek

Now that I have retired, and even though I wanted to play more, I can always look back and say that at least I won Wimbledon; also, winning the tournament in Rotterdam in 1995. — Richard Krajicek

But Pete had the desire to play at the highest level for so many years. That is very difficult, mentally. — Richard Krajicek

The man who in times of popular excitement boldly and unflinchingly resists hot-tempered clamor for an unnecessary war, and thus exposes himself to the opprobrious imputation of a lack of patriotism or of courage, to the end of saving his country from a great calamity, is, as to 'loving and faithfully serving his country,' at least as good a patriot as the hero of the most daring feat of arms," Schurz — Stephen Kinzer

But, then, Sampras won Wimbledon six times and that automatically puts him among the greatest. — Richard Krajicek

For the first couple of years I played really bad tennis. It was so bad that they booed me off the court. — Richard Krajicek

My help had been needed and claimed; I had given it: I was pleased to have done something: trivial, transitory though the deed was, it was yet an active thing, and I was weary of an existence all passive. — Charlotte Bronte

But in 2000, the injuries really started to kick in and my elbow gave a lot of problems. At the end of the year I had to take 20 months off before I could come back into the game. — Richard Krajicek

Federer can be the best ever; he has the potential. The only question is whether he has the desire. — Richard Krajicek

I'm definitely a people pleaser. I like people to be happy around me and be comfortable. I go out of my way, sometimes to a fault, to make sure everyone is okay. — Ken Jeong

I was serving good but was returning especially well, which was a weakness in my game. So not only was I serving well, but I was also breaking these other guys, and they felt the pressure. — Richard Krajicek

The top seed this weekend is Richard Krajicek,12 a 6'5" Dutchman who wears a tiny white billed hat in the sun and rushes the net like it owes him money and in general plays like a rabid crane. — David Foster Wallace

The answers we're looking for are all within ourselves, we just need to become better connected, more present - to what we eat, to nature, to our surroundings and to our inner guide. — Mariel Hemingway

We know that the most fundamental responsibility of our Federal Government is to ensure the safety of its people and to protect and ensure our National security. And clearly port security has been left in limbo. — Vito Fossella

Guys like John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and Stefan Edberg were also very good grass court players. — Richard Krajicek

Not only in running but in much of life is a sense of balance and proportion necessary. — Clarence DeMar

I want to reach absolute perfection. And I think I can reach it. — Richard Krajicek

Roddick has good presence on the court and has so much adrenalin. — Richard Krajicek

Hewitt is such a fighter on the court; he never gives up. They all have qualities to beat him. — Richard Krajicek

Sick children, if not too shy to speak, will always express this wish. They invariably prefer a story to be told to them, rather than read to them. — Florence Nightingale

Contrasting styles is always the most fun to watch. — Richard Krajicek

Safin, in his way, is very talented. It is a joy to watch them play; it is tennis of a very high quality. — Richard Krajicek

I may have exaggerated a bit when I said that 80 per cent of the top 100 women are fat pigs. What I meant to say was 75 per cent of the top 100 women are fat pigs. — Richard Krajicek

Maybe, one other match better; but if you look at the tournament as a whole, I played very high quality tennis for seven matches and raised my game when I needed to. — Richard Krajicek

Writing a novel without being asked seems a bit like having a baby when you have nowhere to live. — Lucy Ellmann

Really, Your Grace. Crooking your little finger again? At least buy me a bauble before you try to tup me in the carriage. — Victoria Dahl

But, then again, I had to stop because there was too much pain or too much trouble. After I retired I still had one more elbow surgery just to be able to do normal things. — Richard Krajicek

I'm still enjoying discovering more designers and getting to play dress-up in a bigger way than I ever have before. — Carly Rae Jepsen

Roddick can challenge him as well if he serves big consistently for the entire match. If he does that, then he is tough to break even for a guy like Federer. — Richard Krajicek

I always liked serve-and-volley players and big athletes. — Richard Krajicek

There are a lot of good memories, and because I was injured, during the rehab, I met my wife. The tennis was very good but the injuries were good for something too. — Richard Krajicek