Andre Agassi

In tennis you're on an island. Of all the games men and women play, tennis is the closest to solitary confinement,

— Andre Agassi

“When I do something perfect, I enjoy a split second of sanity and calm.”

— Andre Agassi

That's the greatest applause that any person will ever receive in their life when it comes from their peers

— Andre Agassi

I'm going to wake up tomorrow and start with not caring how I feel.

— Andre Agassi

It's shocking how little there is to do with tennis when you're just thinking about nothing except winning every point.

— Andre Agassi

What you feel doesn’t matter in the end; it’s what you do that makes you brave.

— Andre Agassi

“I address the trophy and the warped reflection: All the pain and suffering you've caused me.”

— Andre Agassi

There are many ways of getting strong, sometimes talking is the best way.

— Andre Agassi

Some moments it feels longer, other moments it feels like it's flown by; you can't believe you've done it all that time...…

— Andre Agassi

“I just don’t trust surgeons. I trust very few people, and I especially dislike the notion of trusting one perfect stranger, surrendering…

— Andre Agassi

There's no such thing as an open draw. At least for me - I mean, obviously for Roger Federer, I think every…

— Andre Agassi

“great things begin at the end of the comfort zone. It is all about exploring the bleeding edge in your own time…

— Andre Agassi

“It's one of those showers that make you think you should write a check to several environmental groups – and maybe plant…

— Andre Agassi

Tennis is one of the only sports in America where the sport doesn't grow with the size of the person - it…

— Andre Agassi

People who are interested with me have for sure gotten older over the years, for example, grandparents are coming up to me…

— Andre Agassi

I think one of the greatest joys I have now in my career and in my profession is to be playing at…

— Andre Agassi

“We’re in a fight, and you can count on me until the last man is standing. Somewhere up there is a star…

— Andre Agassi

“My father says that if I hit 2,500 balls each day, I’ll hit 17,500 balls each week, and at the end of…

— Andre Agassi

You have to understand who you are and figure out a way to communicate it. It might be in a different industry,…

— Andre Agassi

“Only boxers can understand the loneliness of tennis players - and yet boxers have their corner men and managers. Even a boxer's…

— Andre Agassi

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…

— Andre Agassi

The scoreboard said I lost today, but what the scoreboard doesn't say is what it is I have found. Over the last…

— Andre Agassi

I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.

— Andre Agassi

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

“We are like blocks of stone … blows of His chisel which hurt us so much are what make us perfect.”

— Andre Agassi

He thinks it's his day, and when you think it's your day, it usually is.

— Andre Agassi

I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour.

— Andre Agassi

I envy Pete Sampras's dullness. I wish I could emulate his spectacular lack of inspiration.

— Andre Agassi

“every journey is important, and that no journey is impossible.”

— Andre Agassi

If I don't do what I need to do to win, I won't win, no matter who is on the other side…

— Andre Agassi

A great coach can lead you to a place where you don't need him any more.

— Andre Agassi

“WARMING UP BEFORE THE MATCH, I pray. Not for a win, but for my hairpiece to stay on.”

— Andre Agassi

Now that I've won a slam, I know something very few people on earth are permitted to know. A win doesn't feel…

— Andre Agassi

I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that…

— Andre Agassi

You'll hear a lot of applause in your life, but none will mean more to you than that applause from your peers.…

— Andre Agassi

But, I would say when I was four years old and I was at the Alan King Tennis Tournament and I was…

— Andre Agassi

Yes, for a long time but I admired her and respected everything that I could sort of see in her from a…

— Andre Agassi

“some people are thermometers, some are thermostats. You’re a thermostat. You don’t register the temperature in a room, you change it.”

— Andre Agassi

It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world and to beat them. And it means…

— Andre Agassi

I've been motivated by overcoming challenge and overcoming the hurdles and obstacles that face me. There still is plenty out there to…

— Andre Agassi