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.
At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible. - Yannick Noah
At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible.
- 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
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.
We have a saying in France. A dog doesn't make a cat. - Yannick Noah
We have a saying in France. A dog doesn't make a cat.
Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid. - Yannick Noah
Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid.
To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable. - Yannick Noah
To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.
I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well. - Yannick Noah
I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.
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
I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as their weapons.
I always traveled. I left Cameroon when I was 11 years old. I lived in the USA, in Switzerland. - Yannick Noah
I always traveled. I left Cameroon when I was 11 years old. I lived in the USA, in Switzerland.
People judged my work without to have listened to it. - Yannick Noah
People judged my work without to have listened to it.
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