71 Quotes by Boris Becker

The suit-and-tie job is very nice, but it's not really who I am in my heart.

It's silly to say it about a tennis player, but I'm an unbelievable hero in Germany. And Germany needs heroes more than any place.

I was in the tennis bubble. I wasn't thinking about the big picture. I didn't notice what they said on television, I wasn't reading any papers. I had a coach and a manager, and they kept me in the bubble.

So this is it. Match point for eternity.

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.

I want to be a hero, a small and good kind of hero, even though I know heroes have very short lives.

Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.

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.

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.