Ivan Lendl

It's very nice to see when somebody who wanted to work hard and is willing to put the work in gets rewarded…

— Ivan Lendl

I like to compete.

— Ivan Lendl

If you go to school and practice for five days a week, it still gives you two days you can go and…

— Ivan Lendl

You know how kids are. They like to do what parents do.

— Ivan Lendl

In tennis you move a lot. Golf you dont. In tennis, you can have a bad half-hour, but you cant in golf.…

— Ivan Lendl

I don't make a habit of watching tennis matches, but I try to watch all the major finals. I try to make…

— Ivan Lendl

My serve and my forehand I pretty much always had, but my backhand was a made backhand. I worked on it for…

— Ivan Lendl

It's flattering to be compared in any way to Tiger Woods, because he's the best player in the world.

— Ivan Lendl

If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and…

— Ivan Lendl

Tennis is basically a game where you try to create an opportunity for yourself to finish the point, because you can't wait…

— Ivan Lendl

Not winning at Wimbledon is not going to bother me forever.

— Ivan Lendl

If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can.

— Ivan Lendl

Many times the players get in there and it's just about as well as they could have done, and other times they…

— Ivan Lendl

You know, you just go out there, do your best. Sometimes it's good enough and sometimes it is, and sometimes it stays…

— Ivan Lendl

Many Czech people are very talented. They can do many things, but when they get to a certain level, they are satisfied.…

— Ivan Lendl

I think talent is dangerous to have if you take it for granted. If you use it well and put hard work…

— Ivan Lendl

I have seriously thought about retiring, but that was on a good day. On a bad day I've thought about killing myself.

— Ivan Lendl

But to be fair, if you take players from my era to now, the game has changed and the players have many…

— Ivan Lendl

If you become great, then you can become happy. If you're happy first, it's much more difficult to be great.

— Ivan Lendl

But it's very difficult, I can tell you I played the Czech Open a few times and it's very difficult just to…

— Ivan Lendl

Once you win, you have no doubt that you can win. So you have gone through it once, and you can do…

— Ivan Lendl

In tennis you move a lot. Golf you don't. In tennis, you can have a bad half-hour, but you can't in golf.…

— Ivan Lendl

I think if you look at Andre then and now, you look at two different models. Of course it's personal preference, I…

— Ivan Lendl

You have to focus on the process. You cannot be glued to the results.

— Ivan Lendl

I just travel all the time.

— Ivan Lendl