Goran Ivanisevic Quotes
Although we didn't have much when I was growing up in Split, Croatia, my parents always tried to ensure that my sister and I had the things we needed, and it was enough for us.
The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself.
If I can't serve on grass, I can maybe help cut the grass, paint the lines and serve some strawberries.
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.
When you are winning too much, sometimes you think you should never lose again. I am learning to lose.
Ivan Lendl's never going to be a great player on grass. The only time he comes to the net is to shake your hand.
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.
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.
When I started in my career, my sister was very sick so I play for her because we didn't have money.
After I won a match at a tournament I tried to repeat everything I did the day I won. Before my next match, I ate the same food, I went to the same restaurant etc. Sometimes it got very boring.
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.
Since retiring I have spent a lot of time with my family, on my boat, and playing football.
It's great, but there is one problem. She doesn't sleep. At night she seems to turn into a vampire. She wakes up every night five or 10 times, asking for things, singing, calling out.
Actually, I tossed it nicely, landed nicely, like airplane. No warning, beautiful. That's the art of throwing racquets.
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.
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.
My tattoo is a cross, a rose and a shark. A cross is a cross, a rose like love and a shark is a pretty tough animal.
Lately, my mind is like an orchestra. If you don't have the conductor, you don't know what to do. One guy is playing jazz, one guy is playing rock and roll, another classical. It's a big mess.
Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence.
If you are given a lot of money without having to work for it, you won't appreciate it as much as if you made it yourself.
