Goran Ivanisevic Quotes

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• The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Boys, Umpires, Play

  "The Joy of Six: great Wimbledon finals" by Scott Murray, Paul Doyle, Jacob Steinberg, www.theguardian.com. July 5, 2013.

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• I don't care now if I ever win a match in my life again. Whatever I do in my life, wherever I go, I'm going to be always Wimbledon champion.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Winning, Tennis, Champion

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• I still break racquets, but now I do it in a positive way.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Tennis, Way, Break

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• Every generation has its own Goran. So I was the Goran of this generation.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Tennis, This Generation, Generations

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• I just try to play tennis and don't find excuses. You know, I just lost because I lost, not because my arm was sore.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Excuse You, Play, Tennis

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• When you are winning too much, sometimes you think you should never lose again. I am learning to lose.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Winning, Thinking, Too Much

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• When I won Wimbledon, I said to God: just let me win this one tournament and I won't play another match. Maybe God's telling me to go home, but I don't want to go home. We are negotiating at the moment.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Home, Winning, Play

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• With me, you never know what is going to happen

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Homeless, Never Say Never, Aerosmith

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• Lately, my mind is like an orchestra. If you don't have the conductor, you don't know what to do. One guy is playing jazz, one guy is playing rock and roll, another classical. It's a big mess.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Guy

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• Ivan Lendl's never going to be a great player on grass. The only time he comes to the net is to shake your hand.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Player, Hands, Tennis

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• I have so many runner-up cups that I am thinking of starting my own tea shop.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Thinking, Tea, Cups

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• After I won a match at a tournament I tried to repeat everything I did the day I won. Before my next match, I ate the same food, I went to the same restaurant etc. Sometimes it got very boring.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Tennis, Next, Etc

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• My fines? I pay more fines than some guys' career prize money on the tour.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Prize Money, Careers, Tennis

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• Actually, I tossed it nicely, landed nicely, like airplane. No warning, beautiful. That's the art of throwing racquets.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Beautiful, Art, Airplane

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• It's easier when you play. You get your emotion out. You scream. You yell. You do whatever you want. You play. But it's tough to sit.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Play, Want, Emotion

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• Although we didn't have much when I was growing up in Split, Croatia, my parents always tried to ensure that my sister and I had the things we needed, and it was enough for us.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Growing Up, Parent, Croatia

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• I must be the only player in the world who ever injured himself for a tournament by stepping on a shell on the beach. I don't know what I'm going to do.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Beach, Player, Shells

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• It's great, but there is one problem. She doesn't sleep. At night she seems to turn into a vampire. She wakes up every night five or 10 times, asking for things, singing, calling out.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Sleep, Night, Singing

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• My sporting hero was Drazen Petrovic, the NBA basketball player, who was killed in a car accident in 1993. He was a good friend, an unbelievable player, and I dedicated my Wimbledon win to him.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Inspirational, Basketball, Hero

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• While I didn't have everything that I wanted, I was still a happy kid.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Kids, Happy Kid, Wanted

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• If I can't serve on grass, I can maybe help cut the grass, paint the lines and serve some strawberries.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Cutting, Tennis, Lines

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• When I started in my career, my sister was very sick so I play for her because we didn't have money.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Play, Careers, Sick

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• My tattoo is a cross, a rose and a shark. A cross is a cross, a rose like love and a shark is a pretty tough animal.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Tattoo, Animal, Sharks

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• At her birthday, my seven-year-old daughter will say that she wants these big cakes and certain expensive toys as presents, and I can't say no to her. It would just break my heart. But when I was little, for birthdays we just played outside and we were happy if we got any cake.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Birthday, Daughter, Mother

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• I think I owe it to myself and my fans in Britain to play one more Wimbledon.

  Goran Ivanisevic

  Thinking, Play, Fans

  "Ivanisevic gets ready to bow out", www.cnn.com. June 20, 2004.

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