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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

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Andre Agassi
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: April 29
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When I was 7 years old I saw Jimmy Connors make someone carry his bag, as though he were Julius Caesar. I vowed then and there that I would always carry my own.
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Pride is bad, stress is good. I don't want to feel confident. I want to feel rage. Endless, all consuming rage.
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I'm going to go down swinging... I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad tournament.
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It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world and to beat them. And it means a lot to me to be out here and fighting for the title and, you know, it hurts not to win it.
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How lovely it is to dream while you are awake.
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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.
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I always felt tennis and winning was a byproduct of doing everything right.
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Tennis is the loneliest sport.
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Big dreams are so damn tiring.
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Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work
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There's a lot of good waiting for you on the other side of tired. Get yourself tired.
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To be inspired - that's the secret.
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Hitting a ball dead perfect - the only peace.
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I envy Pete Sampras's dullness. I wish I could emulate his spectacular lack of inspiration.
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Few of us are granted the grace to know ourselves, and until we do, maybe the best we can do is be consistent.
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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.
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You'll hear a lot of applause in your life, but none will mean more to you than that applause from your peers. I hope each of you hears that at the end.
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