Classic and Fave Quotes

[Vince Evert]

This could be a cool feature as we all have heard or read a quote that has remained with us. Suppose we have a new feature filled with favorite quotes past and present including by tennis and sports stars.

 

[Vince Evert]

"A conservative is a man who thinks and sits, mostly sits."

- Woodrow Wilson
(12/28/1856 – 02/03/1924)
US President

 

[Vince Evert]

"The shortest recorded period of time lies between the minute you put
some money away for a rainy day and the unexpected arrival of rain."

- Jane Bryant Quinn (Economist).

... And for a Downpour at that

 

[Vince Evert]

"Dream as if you'll live forever.
Live as if you'll die today."

- James Dean.
(02/08/1931 – 09/30/1955)

... Just think if he were alive today he would be 85 !

 

[Vince Evert]

"Bjorn was a different breed, I threw my best material at him, but he would never smile, but that added to the charm when he played me and Mac. We were going nuts and losing our mind and he was sitting back like he was on a Sunday stroll."

- Jimmy Connors
Five Time U.S. Open Champion.

 

[Vince Evert]

"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
Three Time Wimbledon Champion.

Read more at: http://www.azquotes.com/author/9795-John_McEnroe

 

[britbox]

Not a sporting one, but one I love:

"To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing." Fred Shero

 

[britbox]

and another (not tennis) from Gary Player (Golfer):

In an interview in Golf Digest magazine in 2002 Gary Player presents an entertaining story about the origin of the expression [GPGD]:

I was practicing in a bunker down in Texas and this good old boy with a big hat stopped to watch. The first shot he saw me hit went in the hole. He said, “You got 50 bucks if you knock the next one in.” I holed the next one. Then he says, “You got $100 if you hole the next one.” In it went for three in a row. As he peeled off the bills he said, “Boy, I’ve never seen anyone so lucky in my life.” And I shot back, “Well, the harder I practice, the luckier I get.” That’s where the quote originated.

 

[Vince Evert]

"A champion is suppose to hate to lose, and it wasn't like I was ever crazy about the idea. But I learned to deal with losing without having my spirit or confidence broken, which would help immensely over time, not just in the big picture but even in specific matches when I found myself in a jam. Fear of losing is a terrible thing."

-Pete Sampras

Read more at: http://www.azquotes.com/author/12927-Pete_Sampras

We Miss You Pete and the way you played the game ?

 

[britbox]

“At the end of the day, you battle yourself the most.”
Novak Djokovic

 

[Tennis Fan]

"A champion is suppose to hate to lose, and it wasn't like I was ever crazy about the idea. But I learned to deal with losing without having my spirit or confidence broken, which would help immensely over time, not just in the big picture but even in specific matches when I found myself in a jam. Fear of losing is a terrible thing."

-Pete Sampras

Read more at: http://www.azquotes.com/author/12927-Pete_Sampras

We Miss You Pete and the way you played the game ?

I agree. I loved the way Pete played the game and the class that he exhibited throughout.

 

[Vince Evert]

"No matter what side of the argument you are on,
you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other."

- Jascha Heifetz
Russia-born US violinist

It happen to me. Certainly can relate to that.

 

[Vince Evert]

"For the first time, the weird and the stupid and the coarse
are becoming our cultural norms, even our cultural ideal."

- Carl Bernstein
US journalist


True.

 

[Vince Evert]

"Success is having to worry about every damn thing in the world except money."
- Johnny Cash

:whistle:Well you can at least do your worrying with some Luxury attached

 

[Vince Evert]

"To be a tennis champion, you have to be inflexible. You have to be stubborn. You have to be arrogant. You have to be selfish and self-absorbed. Kind of tunnel vision almost."

- Chris Evert
source - http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/tennis.html

 

[Horsa]

"Why was I always brow-beaten, forever condemned?" beginning of Chapter 8 of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre". It sticks with me because I was always bullied as a child & I 1st read Jane Eyre after watching the Orson Welles film when I was 10 & I saw this & thought I'm not alone. Other people understand how I feel.

 

[Horsa]

"There was no possibility of taking a walk that day" from the beginning of Chapter 1 of "Jane Eyre" because I've been a big Bronte fan since I 1st read Jane Eyre so when I saw the Victorian Image in Whitby I thought I'd ask for a photo of me as Charlotte Bronte as I used to look like her except in dress but unfortunately they didn't have the costume & I looked more like Jane Austen & the nearest I looked to Charlotte Bronte was in that quote.

 

[britbox]

Winston Churchill was famous for some legendary sparring with Lady Astor and others in the Houses of Parliament.

When accused of being 'disgustingly drunk' by Bessie Braddock, Churchill responded: 'My dear, you are ugly, and what’s more, you are disgustingly ugly. But tomorrow I shall be sober and you will still be disgustingly ugly.'
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Another put-down was delivered when he received an urgent call from the Lord Privy Seal while he sat on the toilet. Churchill responded: “Tell him I can only deal with one shit at a time.”
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Nancy Astor, female Member of Parliament was famous for her exchanges with Churchill: "Sir, if you were my husband, I'd poison your tea."
Winston Churchill: "Madam,i f you were my wife, I'd drink it!"
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