I was always taught that you needed to be intense and never lose your focus. John McEnroe More Quotes by John McEnroe More Quotes From John McEnroe There's a certain beauty and majesty to Wimbledon. The elegance, the way the grass looks on TV. John McEnroe elegancebeautylooksway I didn't serve and volley until I got to Wimbledon in '77. John McEnroe untilservegotwimbledon I remember when I was younger taking more pride in Wimbledon than the French. That and the U.S. Open - they were the ones I wanted to win. John McEnroe morewinprideremember When I walk out there on court, I become a maniac... Something comes over me, man. John McEnroe walksomethingmeman You have to keep persevering. An actor goes to a lot of auditions and doesn't get the part. John McEnroe keepactorgetyou Nadal is one of the great champions - a class act. John McEnroe actchampionsgreatclass I don't really know why I started playing as a kid, but I grew up in Queens, New York, not too far from Forest Hills, where they played the U.S. Open in those days. I even got to be a ball boy there. Also, there was a tennis court just a block away from our house, and I'd hang out down there. John McEnroe forestboydownnew The mistake, if I made one, in the late 1980s, was thinking I needed to change my game. John McEnroe gamechangemistakethinking My best tennis at my peak was when I played a lot of matches. John McEnroe peaklotbesttennis Well I think that's probably one of a few, where I grew up in the City of New York, it's got a lot of energy, my parents are Irish-American so there was a bit of yelling going on in my house but it seemed normal. John McEnroe cityparentsthinkenergy I think the players, I put in the book for example that we should go back to wood rackets, probably they laughed at me, I'm a dinosaur, but I think that you see these great players, have even more variety and you see more strategy, there'd be more subtlety. John McEnroe greatmeyoubook It means a lot to be back in New York. Particularly since one of the last senior event scheduled in the States was supposed to be here in New York. We were supposed to play in Central Park right after 9-11 and when 9-11 happened obviously things changed. John McEnroe newbackthingsplay These politicians are getting in the way too much. They did it in Australia. Let’s let the guy come in and play in the U.S. I mean come on. This is ridiculous, but I do n’t make those decisions. I hope someone makes the right one and allows Novak Djokovic to play. That’s my personal opinion. John McEnroe They say it to me before I have a chance to say it to them, it's sort of pathetic in a way, and exhilarating in a way, that people remember. John McEnroe There were times over the course of the past decades where people would say,' I recognize your voice,' it's always something I thought about doing, I just didn't know whether it would ever end up happening. John McEnroe You've still got to put those guys ahead of the other guys. They just know how to get it done, but Medvedev to me is Russian Daniil Medvedev that has the best chance of winning it right now. Russian Daniil Medvedev showed a gear that we haven't seen at the U.S. Open. John McEnroe These younger players need to accept that they need to keep adding to their game, doing something different, that's why Russian Daniil Medvedev has had the success, because Russian Daniil Medvedev's thrown a curve ball at these top guys that they weren't anticipating, almost like Russian Daniil Medvedev was going back to the 12 or 14 and unders and pushing the ball. John McEnroe
