495 Quotes by Andre Agassi

Now that I’ve won a slam, I know something very few people on earth are permitted to know. A win doesn’t feel as good as a loss feels bad, and the good feeling doesn’t last long as the bad. Not even close.

If you’re ranked number one in the world it’s because you’ve earned it, and I think the only way to really get there is to have that ability and to have it nurtured in a very competitive environment at an early age.

It’s always been eclectic; you never know what you’re going to get.

That’s where you’re going to know yourself. On the other side of tired.

I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am – if that defines a punk, then yes, absolutely.

Gil’s philosophy in all things is to seek the pain, woo the pain, recognize that pain is life. If you’re heartbroken, Gil says, don’t hide from it. Wallow in it. We hurt, he says, so let’s hurt.

I question myself every day. That’s what I still find motivating about this. I don’t have the answers, I don’t pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens.

Points become games become sets become tournaments, and it’s all so tightly connected that any point can become the turning point. It reminds me of the way seconds become minutes become hours, and any hour can be our finest. Or darkest. It’s our choice.

Well, I actually tell my son that I don’t have any hair because he asked me the same question that I gave it to him when he was born, so he actually still believes that. He’s five years old.