The best Quotes by John McEnroe

The best Quotes by John McEnroe

John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player.

Harry and Meghan, move over! This is what fairy tales are made of. They'd been together for two whole weeks, which for teenagers is basically a lifetime of monogamy. Although between us, it had been a surprisingly PG-13 two weeks.

Never Have I Ever - Season 3 Episode 1

Aunties are older Indian women who have no blood-relation to you. But are allowed to have opinions about your life and all your shortcomings. And you have to be nice to them because you're Indian.

Never Have I Ever

Now you may be asking yourself why is sports icon John McEnroe narrating this tale? It'll make sense later I promise.

Never Have I Ever

I'll let the racket do the talking.

I think the players, I put in the book for example that we should go back to wood rackets, probably they laughed at me, I'm a dinosaur, but I think that you see these great players, have even more variety and you see more strategy, there'd be more subtlety.

Well I think that's probably one of a few, where I grew up in the City of New York, it's got a lot of energy, my parents are Irish-American so there was a bit of yelling going on in my house but it seemed normal.

If, in a few months, I'm only number 8 or number 10 in the world, I'll have to look at what off-the-court work I can do. I will need to do something if I want to be number 1.

I did a terrible job of composing myself. I was a spoiled brat from Long Island who benefitted from the energy of New York.

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We are smart. And idiots are banging all the time. We can learn how to do it, too.

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I want you to allow yourself to aknowledge the pain that you so clearly feel.

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Having just any boyfriend, no matter who he is, is not going to make you happier or change who you are.

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I can not believe that a woman who was brave enough to travel halfway around the world to pursue her dreams would allow anyone to dictate who she can be with.

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Just keep your nose out of my business and up the teacher's butt where it usually is.

Devi Vishwakumar in Never Have I Ever

I was pretending to be someone I am not which I should only be doing on stage.

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I'm mature enough to be on my own. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna Google how to buy a credit card.

Devi Vishwakumar in Never Have I Ever

We just miss our old friend, but right now, you're not her. You just seem lost.

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She's a trailblazing Indian diva who marches to the beat of her own drummer.

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You fight back with your spirit, little one. You stand up for yourself!

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I found a Bollywood movie about a princess who falls for a lowly street sweeper. It's only seven hours long.

Kamala in Never Have I Ever

You look like an Indian Kardashian.

Fabiola Torres in Never Have I Ever

The internet has been a boon and a curse for teenagers.

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Abstinence is a healthy choice, that many teens will make. Either by choice, or, as I can attest, by circumstance.

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In Italy, you know you've found a truly authentic restaurant when they don't have an English menu. In India, it's when there are no utensils and you must eat with your hands.

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Rachel: "I barely remember anything from that night, except for that you're from South Carolina, you have a younger brother, your dad's a doctor, and you went to a public high school for students, gifted in math and science."
Dev: "Yeah. But don't you feel like those are just assumptions you can make about any Indian person?"

Dev Shah in Master of None

Perfection is impossible. In the 1,526 singles matches I played in my career, I won almost 80% of those matches. But what percentage of points did I win? 54%! In other words, even top ranked tennis players win barely more than half the points they play. When you lose every second point on average, you learn not to dwell on every shot.

Roger Federer - June 2024

Tennis is a mental game. Everyone is fit, everyone hits great forehands and backhands.

Novak Djokovic

I want the same thing I've wanted since I was 7 years old. I want to be No. 1.

Novak Djokovic

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I'm a happy man, because I am successful in what I do, of course; but what makes me most happy is I have people around me that I love and who love me back. This, for me, is the most important thing. Nobody likes to be alone.

Novak Djokovic

I think it's normal that, the first time you meet Federer or Murray or Djokovic, you're going to get nervous. But after a while, they become normal opponents.

Alexander Zverev

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Every good tennis player has to have a short memory.

Alexander Zverev

We have many animals in Switzerland - even goats.

Roger Federer - asked by a child why people call him GOAT

I'm a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.

Roger Federer

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Positive Quotes

I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.

Serena Williams

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Laughing & Smile

Everyone's dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.

Serena Williams

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Dreaming Motivation

Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.

Arthur Ashe

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

Arthur Ashe

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Success Self-Confidence

I don't know how good mountain lions do in captivity. I'm curious.

You get these Satanists types that don't believe in God. OK, so you realize you don't get Satan if you don't get God, right? Or atheists that want to believe in ghosts. Wait, wait, wait. You can't have a two-way go on that. You want to be agnostic, be an atheist, fine. But you don't bring ghosts along with you.

Does the person in TV have to be better than the one watching at home?

Boris Becker

Sometimes, I feel like I'm 40. Tennis years are like dog years.

Boris Becker

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

André Agassi

If you don't practice you don't deserve to win.

André Agassi

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The difference between involvement and commitment is like ham and eggs. The chicken is involved; the pig is committed.

Martina Navratilova

Sport doesn't know barriers, really. You are judged on your performance... how far you can jump, how fast you can run, how well you can hit a tennis ball.

Martina Navratilova

Quitting is never an option.

Ana Ivanovic

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Giving Up Motivation

When you mature, you also get more secure about yourself. You see things differently.

Ana Ivanovic

Age Self-Confidence

I never wanted to be the great guy or the colorful guy or the interesting guy. I wanted to be the guy who won titles.

Pete Sampras

Ambition Sports

I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.

Pete Sampras

Every tournament is important.

Simona Halep

For myself and my attitude, I have, every day, to work on it.

Simona Halep

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