Boris Becker

Tennis has to be very careful.Not everyone is a computer, it is very good we have John McEnroe. I hope we have a couple more.

If I go into a club now, all the blonde girls leave my corner and all the black girls come into my corner. It’s as if I’m racist towards white girls!

I believed in raising my children as I had been raised.

That’s the hard part about sport: as men we haven’t started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old people. I needed support. I lost trust and did stupid things.

I know what it’s like to be married and to live in a house with a garden, but it’s not something I’m striving for at the moment.

Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.

Andre Sa is playing close to his potential – maybe even above it.

There are many moments during a match when you are tense, wrestling with yourself. Tennis is a lesson in self-control.

I’m really, really emotional.

I just wanted to see how the shorts felt again.

I am thrilled to be the new team captain. I am sure that the pressures I’ve faced on centre court will stand me in good stead to battle it out against Ian and his team.

Its silly to say it about a tennis player, but Im an unbelievable hero in Germany. And Germany needs heroes more than any place.

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.

I always work with a goal – and the goal is to improve as a player and a person. That, finally, is the most important thing of all.

Stay healthy, do sports and above all have fun while doing sport. Competing or just for fun, whatever, simply enjoy and try your best. Working hard, working well with achievable goals normally pays off. Believe in the people that are with you and listen to those who have more experience.

Our strategy [at Chelsea] is to bring up our own players through the academy, which we have invested a lot in, and hope it gives results.

Please don’t call me arrogant, but I’m European champion and I think I’m a special one.

You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of the ranking and play these kind of matches.

My serve can get better, for sure. It’s not just about serving bombs, but positioning, variation in speed, in spin.

The guy comes up to the plate, there’s always a chance where he can get a grand slam and everybody forgets about all the times he missed.

My motivation is tomorrow, just one day at a time, right?