Boris Becker

I’m a different man now. I’m still a romantic, I still believe in love, but when I met Barbara I was looking for it. Now, I don’t know.

It’s not that difficult to play well and win titles in a team like Barcelona, but it’s in the national side where you see a player’s true class. That was the case with figures like Pele, Diego Maradona and Zinedine Zidane. With Spain, Iniesta has shown that he is among the best players of all time and that’s why I rate him higher than Messi or Ronaldo. Even though the latter two have incredible scoring records for their clubs, they still haven’t won anything with Argentina or Portugal respectively.

An autobiography is not about pictures; it’s about the stories; it’s about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people’s privacy.

So this is it. Match point for eternity.

I go to London, my favourite city in the world, and I feel at home.

I didn’t start a war. Nobody died.

The philosophy of FIFA is to expand world soccer space, to spread out the world football space.

It’s important for the young players to practice other ball games as well, basketball or table tennis. On the tennis court, you can improve your eye through a kind of overexertion.

So this is it. Match point for eternity.

I have lived my whole life with high intensity.

I only ever run when there’s some point to it – say, if it’s in a game of tennis.

I spend a little time every day to play sports.

I love basketball.

I became a player who goes to a lot of effort while training, who can rely on his will and his mental strengths.

If the girls and boys have talent and feel like working on themselves, they can become champions.

I’m ambidextrous when I eat. But playing tennis right-handed – I can’t do it. I’m clueless.

It was a very unbelievable day for me. It’s special to begin the clay season like this. Beating Roger in the final is even more special, it’s great.

Because, to give a goal, the ball must be 100% in and he must be 100% sure that the ball is in.

I like a lot of sports. Especially football – it’s my favourite sport. My uncle played football in Barcelona for nine years and played for Spain in three World Cups.

The fifth set is not about tennis, it’s about nerves.

Girls had never been important. I’d had a girlfriend or two and had liked them a lot but it wasn’t love, because my first love was tennis.