Boris Becker > Quotes

“Dort, wo es wehtut, entsteht Hornhaut, auch auf der Seele.”
― Boris Becker, Das Leben ist kein Spiel

“Man sagt ja, die Erinnerung male mit einem goldenen Pinsel.”
― Boris Becker, Das Leben ist kein Spiel

“The fifth set is not about tennis, it’s about nerves”
― Boris Becker

“I ask why I would want to meet him, and what good would it do. He says, the CAR is a poor country.”
― Boris Becker, Inside: Winning, Losing and Starting Again

“You have your thoughts and your memory, and with time you learn to use them as a soft cushion to lie back on, a layer of insulation between you and this unreal world.”
― Boris Becker, Inside: Winning, Losing and Starting Again

“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.”
― Boris Becker

“Watch your thoughts, for they create your actions. Watch your actions, for they create your habits. Watch your habits, for they create your character. Watch your character, for it creates your life.”
― Boris Becker, Inside: Winning, Losing and Starting Again

“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.”
― Boris Becker

“Just because you are losing doesn’t mean you are going to lose. Just because you are going to lose doesn’t mean you ever give up.”
― Boris Becker, Inside: Winning, Losing and Starting Again