200 Quotes by John McEnroe

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    I'm a tell-it-like-it-is kind of person; I don't like being misled or someone not telling the truth. That upsets me.

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    If people do things without thinking them through, that rubs me up the wrong way.

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    I happened to be one of those guys who doesn't play much golf.

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    I didn't get along with most of the players I played against, but the one guy I did get along with was my greatest rival, so it can be done.

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    Nadal and Roger Federer have great respect for each other. I think Novak Djokovic gets under those two guys' skin a little bit, and maybe they don't want to admit it, and I think that's, in a way, healthy.

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    Roland Garros is the only one of the four majors that is 15 days, and that is too long.

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    It's only human nature to want to know what you can do on your own or with someone else.

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    You hit a wall at some stage when you don't want it so bad, but you don't know when that's going to be - as far as competition or as far as health is concerned. Sometimes it's just natural. You just taste it, and you want it so bad that you find other gears.

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    If they think I'm better at commentating than I was as a player, then I must be pretty darned good at commentating.

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