Quotations and phrases - Andre Agassi

Being number two sucks.
-- Andre Agassi

Everybody here is taking the day out of their lives to come watch me, and I thank you for that.
-- Andre Agassi

He was too good. I would suggest to his next opponent that he doesn't look to me for advice.
-- Andre Agassi

I feel old when I see mousse in my opponent's hair.
-- Andre Agassi

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

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.
-- Andre Agassi

I think I've always had the shots. But in the past, I've suffered too many mental lapses. Now, I'm starting to get away from that and my mental discipline and commitment to the game are much better. I think I'm really taking a good look at the big picture. That's the difference between being around for the final or watching the final from my sofa at home.
-- Andre Agassi

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

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. ( During the 2005 U.S. Open )
-- Andre Agassi

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.
-- Andre Agassi

It's shocking how little there is to do with tennis when you're just thinking about nothing except winning every point.
-- Andre Agassi

Let's be clear about something. I wasn't the winner, tennis was. I never felt I was going to win that match but somehow it just fell my way.
-- Andre Agassi

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.
-- Andre Agassi

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.
-- Andre Agassi

Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it, ... Other times, you have a great desire for it, but physically you're not responding the way you want. That presents other challenges. Then sometimes it all comes together.
-- Andre Agassi

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

You grow up with a guy, you compete against him for so long, he's such a big part of your career, something that's pretty special, so you do have that sense of personal regret that he's not around any more. You miss having that around ( About Pete Sampras' retirement ).
-- Andre Agassi

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