Boris Becker quotes

Boris Becker is a German former professional tennis player and one of the sport's greatest champions. He became the youngest winner of the Wimbledon men's singles title at the age of 17 and earned six Grand Slam singles titles. He is recognized for his powerful serve-and-volley style and his lasting influence on tennis. Here are 30 of his quotes:

I believe that everything in life happens for a reason. (Boris Becker)
I'm not a God, I make mistakes. View quote
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I can't change history, I don't want to change history. I can only change the future. I'm working on that. View quote
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I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I Love to play. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing. View quote
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Where do you go when you're the best in the world? What's next? View quote
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I met with my lawyers. They gave me all the wrong advice. For a long time I refused to accept the child was mine. I should have met her, arranged a DNA test and accepted my responsibility. View quote
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I want to be a hero, a small and good kind of hero, even though I know heroes have very short lives. View quote
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So this is it. Match point for eternity. (Boris Becker)
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. View quote
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When you are thrown onto the stage at 17 in such an enormous way, it becomes living on the edge because every step you take, every word you speak, every action you do becomes headline news. And it became, for me, life or death. View quote
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I don't know how many millions of photographs have been taken of me. View quote
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I go to London, my favourite city in the world, and I feel at home. View quote
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Does anyone ask their parents how they are conceived? View quote
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For a year, I had all sorts of weirdos coming on to me. View quote
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When I was a child, I had posters of James Dean in my room. I was a big admirer of his work and was fascinated by him living on the edge. Looking back, my life was kind of the same. View quote
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I lost in the second round of the French Open and had 10 days off. I went to the Hard Rock Cafe. It was exciting to be away from my parents, to stay in a hotel. Hotels at 17 meant freedom. View quote
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How do you build a relationship when you've hardly shared a word but suddenly share a child? How do you love a daughter you don't see for nearly two years? When does she become your daughter? How does she become your daughter? View quote
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The eyes of some of the fans at Davis Cup matches scare me. There's no light in them. Fixed emotions. Blind worship. Horror. It makes me think of what happened to us long ago. (Boris Becker)
I believed in raising my children as I had been raised. View quote
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It was a confusing time in my life, a really bad day at the office. View quote
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The suit-and-tie job is very nice but it's not really who I am in my heart. View quote
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A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading him the story of Noah's Ark. View quote
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Boris Becker

Boris Becker - Image
Photo: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Occupation: German Athlete
Born: November 22, 1967
Quotes count: 30
Wikipedia: Boris Becker

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