Boris Becker

I don’t really care what the man on the street thinks. I never did anything to please him in the first place, and I’m not going to start now.

I go to my favourite tournament, I talk about my favourite sport and it’s just a great month of parading.

For a year, I had all sorts of weirdos coming on to me.

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

The only thing I had on my mind was tennis, and sometimes girls,… My life was all about tennis. My office was the whole world. The word home didn’t really exist.

I’m not a God, I make mistakes.

I love this game, I love this sport, I love this league. Why don’t I get my own team?

I haven’t lost a war. No one got killed. I just lost a tennis match.

The boys are so powerful off of the baseline now that they don’t have to come to the net to finish points. That’s the reason we went to the net. To finish the point. Nowadays, even the big guys can hit winners four feet behind the baseline.

I am going to fight for important things.

I appreciate a lot in this life; the things you cannot buy. Life is only once.

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

Outside the manager, John [Terry] and I have probably the closest relationship with Roman. We speak to him sometimes just minutes after a game to discuss how it went and at other times when he wants to gauge our views on specific subjects … Abramovich is also very like Mourinho in his thirst to discover the reasons behind a certain event or result.

I doubt about myself. I think doubts are good in life. The people who don’t have doubts I think only two things-arrogance or not intelligence.

I spend a little time every day to play sports.

In Majorca, I can be myself. I go to the supermarket and the cinema, and I am just Rafa. Everyone knows me, and it is no big deal. I can go all day – no photographs.

I’m always searching for new music, and I change what I listen to on a regular basis.

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

The worst thing is to play too defensively. I need to play with more intensity and be aggressive. If I do that, I’m going to do well because my touch is good.

Every time you are not practicing someone else is.

I am afraid of a lot of things. A dog. I could be afraid of a dog that’s upset, for example. And on the tennis courts, maybe on the outside I look fearless, but on the inside, I’m scared. There’s not one player in the world who isn’t nervous before matches. Especially important matches.