What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose. Andre Agassi More Quotes by Andre Agassi More Quotes From Andre Agassi People who are interested with me have for sure gotten older over the years, for example, grandparents are coming up to me telling me they grew up watching me. Andre Agassi grandparent people years If you're ranked number one in the world it's because you've earned it, and I think the only way to really get there is to have that ability and to have it nurtured in a very competitive environment at an early age. Andre Agassi age numbers thinking I suppose you could never say never, but my experience would tell me that the most successful players in the world are gonna come from an environment that is more competitive at an early age. Andre Agassi player successful age If Pete’s (Sampras) child is a girl, my son will like her; if he’s a boy, my son will defeat him. Andre Agassi girl children son It's shocking how little there is to do with tennis when you're just thinking about nothing except winning every point. Andre Agassi focus winning thinking Tennis is the loneliest sport. Andre Agassi tennis sports Even if it’s not your ideal life, you can always choose it. No matter what your life is, choosing it changes everything. Andre Agassi ideal-life matter life-is First of all, in any sport where you can measure distance, height speed and all of that, you see how athletes have changed their sport and made it better. I believe, with every generation, the sport has improved. Certainly, in the men's game, that has been the case. I think that I played Pete [Sampras] at his best, I played Roger [Federer] at his best.. I believe wholeheartedly that Roger and [Rafael] Nadal have pushed the game much further than myself or Pete ever did. Their options on the tennis court are considerably more than ours. Andre Agassi distance sports believe I always felt tennis and winning was a byproduct of doing everything right. Andre Agassi tennis winning success Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it... Other times, you have a great desire for it, but physically you're not responding the way you want. That presents other challenges. Then sometimes it all comes together. Andre Agassi challenges desire sports Now that I've won a slam, I know something very few people on earth are permitted to know. A win doesn't feel as good as a loss feels bad, and the good feeling doesn't last long as the bad. Not even close. Andre Agassi failure loss sports First of all, let me say, 1:15 in the morning, for 20,000 people to still be here, I wasn't the winner, tennis was. That's awesome. I don't know if I've ever felt so good here before. Andre Agassi morning sports people When you deal with somebody in the heat of battle, you see the best or the worst of them. So when you get through all that there is a great deal of respect. Andre Agassi heat worst battle My only good result in 1997 was marrying Brooke Shields. Andre Agassi shields tennis results My feelings are Yevgeny Kafelnikov should take his prize money when he is done here and go and buy some perspective. Andre Agassi prize-money tennis perspective You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward. Andre Agassi dad sports believe He thinks it's his day, and when you think it's your day, it usually is. Andre Agassi thinking I'm going to go down swinging... I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad tournament. Andre Agassi tournaments home sports Sex doesn't interfere with your tennis; it's staying out all night trying to find it that affects your tennis. Andre Agassi tennis night sex I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there. Andre Agassi perspective sports past