Boris Becker Quotes

Man sagt ja, die Erinnerung male mit einem goldenen Pinsel.

Dort, wo es wehtut, entsteht Hornhaut, auch auf der Seele.

The fifth set is not about tennis, it’s about nerves

The hardest thing in tennis is to forget the double fault or the missed chances, and most players can’t. Only the very good ones clean them out and really look forward to the next chance.

People forget sometimes, in order to become number one, you have to be a bit crazy. You have to do things out of the norm.

I always had to fight to find my best self, to be aware of other people’s feelings—and the devil’s bargain of it is, the players who are more aware of others struggle more. Boris Becker was like that, too. We would have brilliant moments on the court, and total meltdowns. There was just too much going on inside.