Andre Agassi Quotes

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Andre Agassi

Profession : Athlete

Birth : April 29, 1970

You don't cheat anybody out of their experience, whatever it is.

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Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.

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If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

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What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.

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Some moments it feels longer, other moments it feels like it's flown by; you can't believe you've done it all that time... Overall, you have a strong sense for the full spectrum that you've sort of traveled.

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I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to get motivated by.

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I'm going to go down swinging... I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad tournament.

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Well, I actually tell my son that I don't have any hair because he asked me the same question that I gave it to him when he was born, so he actually still believes that. He's five years old.

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My father actually moved out from Chicago just so he could play tennis 365 days a year, so it was - it was a place we played every day. We played before school. We played after school. We woke up. We played tennis. We brushed our teeth in that order.

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It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world and to beat them. And it means a lot to me to be out here and fighting for the title and, you know, it hurts not to win it.

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I think one of the greatest joys I have now in my career and in my profession is to be playing at an age where I can appreciate it more than I used to... It's a whole different lens you look through the older you get.

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I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.

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I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour.

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Being number two sucks.

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I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens.

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It means a lot to you, to be out there. The highs are pretty high, and the lows are pretty low. You know, it's easy to feel like you let the team down. I mean, at the end of the day we still got to figure out a way to get through the tie.

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You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.

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Well, you know, I've bonded with a lot of people over the years, you know. We played the same tournaments year after year and we go back to the same place and many times the seats have been full and that has meant the world to me for sure.

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Yes, for a long time but I admired her and respected everything that I could sort of see in her from a distance, the pillars of her life, the loyalties, the relationships. It all got my interest and also the looks.

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I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then yes, absolutely.

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