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John McEnroe

American Athlete

Born: Feb 16, 1959

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The important thing is to learn a lesson every time you lose. Life is a learning process and you have to try to learn what's best for you. Let me tell you, life is not fun when you're banging your head against a brick wall all the time. John McEnroe

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What I've realised is that you can run miles, jump on a bike, lift weights, and all that other garbage, but the bottom line is that you get in tennis shape by playing tennis. You build the right muscles, and I don't believe people can do it as successfully any other way. John McEnroe

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I'll let the racket do the talking. John McEnroe

Sports Talking Racket

The only thing 'championship' about Wimbledon is its prestige. John McEnroe

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I didn't serve and volley until I got to Wimbledon in '77. John McEnroe

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You have to keep persevering. An actor goes to a lot of auditions and doesn't get the part. John McEnroe

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Nadal is one of the great champions - a class act. John McEnroe

Great Class Act Champions

I don't really know why I started playing as a kid, but I grew up in Queens, New York, not too far from Forest Hills, where they played the U.S. Open in those days. I even got to be a ball boy there. Also, there was a tennis court just a block away from our house, and I'd hang out down there. John McEnroe

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The mistake, if I made one, in the late 1980s, was thinking I needed to change my game. John McEnroe

Game Change Mistake Made Thinking Late Needed

My best tennis at my peak was when I played a lot of matches. John McEnroe

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I think the players, I put in the book for example that we should go back to wood rackets, probably they laughed at me, I'm a dinosaur, but I think that you see these great players, have even more variety and you see more strategy, there'd be more subtlety. John McEnroe

To be involved in a senior tournament back in the States is very satisfying. John McEnroe

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It means a lot to be back in New York. Particularly since one of the last senior event scheduled in the States was supposed to be here in New York. We were supposed to play in Central Park right after 9-11 and when 9-11 happened obviously things changed. John McEnroe

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If Roger stopped right now and never won another match, to me he'd already be one of the greatest players to ever play the game. To me, he's the greatest all around talent that I've ever seen. John McEnroe

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

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No one cares about the Davis Cup. How many people know I won five Davis Cups and seven majors, but that I rarely played the Australian Open? John McEnroe

I'd like to be the commissioner of tennis, but do I want to get into politics? Sometimes I have delusions of grandeur that that would be an interesting, good thing. I'm talking about actual politics, like being a congressman, but then I see how unbelievably nasty it really is, and maybe I'm not quite knowledgeable enough to actually do it. John McEnroe

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I thought if I looked back and evaluated my life, it would help me in the future. John McEnroe

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

Walls Fighting Run Through Always Trying Establishment Brick

I am someone who gets pretty worked up. John McEnroe

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It seems like the richer you are, the more chance you have of paying less tax. John McEnroe

You Seems More Like Tax Richer Paying Less Chance

When I came on the tour, I thought, 'Why don't they treat tennis players the same way they look at football players?' Because I've got news for you: when they are on the pitch, they are not saying, 'Hello, how are you?' out there. John McEnroe

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