Steffi Graf Quotes

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• When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.
• I never look back, I look forward.
• Sometimes I wish I could have been a bit more relaxed, but then I wouldn't have been the same player.
• It's so difficult to find time besides the tennis.
• As long as I can focus on enjoying what I'm doing, having fun, I know I'll play well.
• You can't measure success if you have never failed. My father has taught me that if you really do want to reach your goals, you…
• It shifted attention away from that and Ive never been someone who liked the attention from the media anyway.
• Ive been taught very early on that if you want to win a tournament youve got to beat anybody, and hopefully I play well and…
• I knew that maybe I couldn't be playing again, but I just wanted to get in physical shape.
• The tennis wasn't really very much on my mind, so it wasn't like I was thinking about it all the time.
• Grass is a surface I have always loved, Wimbledon is a tournament I have always loved.
• Age, what is it? It's not a figure that has ever meant anything to me.
• I never hanker after the past - I prefer to devote myself to new tasks.
• I don't like the word 'businesswoman.' Perhaps 'committed mother' would be the best description.
• I suppose it's amazing how quick life goes by when you have children.
• I have always been guided by striving to show the best that I could. That is what kept me going in tennis and it is…
• I've thrown away lots of my old diaries - you never know who might get their hands on them. But I have kept a few…
• If you go to a big city anywhere in the world and you need a doctor, just ask me. I can tell you who's good…
• You cannot compare your athletic achievement to the importance of children and giving them a safe environment in which to grow up and enjoy life.
• You can't measure success if you have never failed.

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