Explore Quotes by John Mcenroe

I just remember watching Federer the first year he won Wimbledon. He was struggling with his back problem. I remember it vividly. It looked like there was a chance he was not going to finish. He had that look in his eye. Then, somehow, he found the wherewithal to dig a little deeper, and suddenly he wins the thing, and he's a different player.

I always got along with Borg, who was my greatest rival. People like to see me and Connors, me and Lendl, go at it. We didn't like each other.

I went on safari in South Africa just after apartheid had ended.

Why don't they go back to wood racquets? Then we would see the best tennis to be played.

The best thing I ever did was when I was offered a million dollars to go play in South Africa and didn't take it. I was 21 years old, and part of it was like, 'Well, if they're offering me this obscene amount of money just to play one match, there must be something really wrong.'

When I felt I was rejected by my first wife, and she said, 'Some day you will thank me for this,' you know what? I do. And so, sometimes it is darkest before the dawn. You can think it is bleak and you can't see. You never know.

I am someone who gets pretty worked up.

Things slow down, the ball seems a lot bigger and you feel like you have more time. Everything computes - you have options, but you always take the right one.

I'm a tell-it-like-it-is kind of person; I don't like being misled or someone not telling the truth. That upsets me.

This taught me a lesson, but I'm not quite sure what it is.

I was always fighting the establishment, trying to run through brick walls.

Be happy. If you're successful but unhappy, that's emptiness.

We should reach out to people to try to go after the fans the way other sports do. Because we can't just depend on the fact that it is a great game.

There's too much money and too many nice guys around.

The good part of having six kids is, there's always one who wants to hug you and say, 'Daddy, I love you.'

Borg's won Wimbledon four straight times and out there he has just lost an 18-16 tie breaker. You'd think maybe once he'd let up and say forget it. But oh, no way.

We all choke. Winners know how to handle choking better than losers.

It's been predictable, in the sense of 'expect the unexpected'.

Tennis is a funny game; unbelievable highs and the lows are just as low.

Let's hope his nerves will run through his veins.

That's one of the best sets I've seen him play, although I should preface that by saying I haven't seen him play before.