Explore Quotes by Boris Becker

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

Every time you are not practicing someone else is.

Thats the hard part about sport: as men we havent started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old people. I needed support. I lost trust and did stupid things.

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.

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

I can't change history, I don't want to change history. I can only change the future. I'm working on that.

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.

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.

Does anyone ask their parents how they are conceived?

I don't know how many millions of photographs have been taken of me.

I believe that everything in life happens for a reason.

Its silly to say it about a tennis player, but Im an unbelievable hero in Germany. And Germany needs heroes more than any place.

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

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

How do you build a relationship when you've hardly shared a word but suddenly share a child? How do you love a daughter you don't see for nearly two years? When does she become your daughter? How does she become your daughter?

I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I love to play.