Yannick Noah Professions : Tennis playerBorn : May 18, 1960 Browse All Authors Top 21 quotes by Yannick Noah I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well. Yannick Noah karmapositivebelieve I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as their weapons. Yannick Noah arenatennistwo We have a saying in France. A dog doesn't make a cat. Yannick Noah catdogsports After a desperate fight, to know to congratulate your opponent, if he has beaten you, to shake his hand and go for a drink with him, in my eyes these things are particularly important. Yannick Noah fightingeyehands I did not support any more New York. I lived 10 years there, and after September 11, I felt very European. I did not share the opinion of people in the street, who were deeply influenced by what they heard in the media. Yannick Noah medianew-yorksports To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable. Yannick Noah taxesunbearablepayment Being in the stands is very difficult. I was never playing but I am nervous watching, waiting. Yannick Noah nervouswaitingsports The important thing is staying together if you want to do something special. Yannick Noah importanttogethersports At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible. Yannick Noah wantsportspeople In the villages in Europe, there are still healers who tell stories. Yannick Noah villagestorieseurope Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid. Yannick Noah athleteplaysports People judged my work without to have listened to it. Yannick Noah judgedsportspeople I felt the weight of the past at the beginning of my career of singer. Yannick Noah careersweightpast Downtown, one has less time. But there are in Europe much people who have the faith, in South America, too. Yannick Noah europesportsamerica You arrive at a village, and in this calm environment, one starts to hear echo. Yannick Noah calmvillageechoes When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us. Yannick Noah sportsinspiremoving It made me hungry. I feel like I'm in a program that really helped me individually as a player. I feel like I'm with a group of guys that are like my best friends. Yannick Noah playerteamworksports I always traveled. I left Cameroon when I was 11 years old. I lived in the USA, in Switzerland. Yannick Noah usaamericayears In black Africa, one does not strike, one does not express, one walks right. Yannick Noah blackdoesports Cracked was a very short warrior, whereas Marley was a pacifist warrior. Yannick Noah shortverypacifistwarrior Similar Authors Gabriela Sabatini tennis-player Bill Tilden tennis-player Boris Becker tennis-player Anna Kournikova tennis-player Arthur Ashe tennis-player Arantxa Sanchez Vicario tennis-playerAll Authors
