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I still break racquets, but now I do it in a positive way.

Goran Ivanisevic

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Goran Ivanisevic
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: September 13
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Tennis Coach
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Croatia
Goran Ivanisevic
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I don't care now if I ever win a match in my life again. Whatever I do in my life, wherever I go, I'm going to be always Wimbledon champion.
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I think I owe it to myself and my fans in Britain to play one more Wimbledon.
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Its fun to be there with the guys, to practice with them, arrange the balls, do this, do that, but when you play you can get some of this nervousness out of your system.
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Actually, I tossed it nicely, landed nicely, like airplane. No warning, beautiful. That's the art of throwing racquets.
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My sporting hero was Drazen Petrovic, the NBA basketball player, who was killed in a car accident in 1993. He was a good friend, an unbelievable player, and I dedicated my Wimbledon win to him.
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The best book I read this year was 'The Da Vinci Code.'
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It's easier when you play. You get your emotion out. You scream. You yell. You do whatever you want. You play. But it's tough to sit.
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I just try to play tennis and don't find excuses. You know, I just lost because I lost, not because my arm was sore.
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I must be the only player in the world who ever injured himself for a tournament by stepping on a shell on the beach. I don't know what I'm going to do.
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At her birthday, my seven-year-old daughter will say that she wants these big cakes and certain expensive toys as presents, and I can't say no to her. It would just break my heart. But when I was little, for birthdays we just played outside and we were happy if we got any cake.
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Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence.
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I have so many runner-up cups that I am thinking of starting my own tea shop.
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While I didn't have everything that I wanted, I was still a happy kid.
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