495 Quotes by Andre Agassi

Tennis is a very objective sport in the sense that the scoreboard doesn’t lie.

He thinks it’s his day, and when you think it’s your day, it usually is.

Life will throw everything but the kitchen sink in your path, and then it will throw the kitchen sink. It’s your job to avoid the obstacles. If you let them stop you or distract you, you’re not doing your job, and failing to do your job will cause regrets that paralyze you more than a bad back.

Every now and then I will play; I try to focus on charitable work. I might do it because it’s an offer I can’t refuse, so I rally and try to stay in shape and keep myself active.

Losing to Pete has caused me enormous pain, but in the long run it’s also made me more resilient. If I’d beaten Pete more often, or if he’d come along in a different generation, I’d have a better record, and I might go down as a better player, but I’d be less.

A strong body listens. It obeys. A weak body commands. If your body is weak it tells you what to do. If your body is strong it’ll actually listen to you when you tell it to do something. If you build it right you can overcome some of the obstacles of age and recovery.

Tennis was always sort of a – a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself.

I feel old when I see mousse in my opponent’s hair.

You’ll hear a lot of applause in your life, but none will mean more to you than that applause from your peers. I hope each of you hears that at the end.