Steffi Graf Quotes

You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that's fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others.

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

I never look back, I look forward.

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.

Age, what is it? It's not a figure that has ever meant anything to me.

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 the same now.

There is no relief at it being over. There is the joy of winning it.

My big dream was to work as a photographer for 'National Geographic.'

I think it takes people to get to know you and the recognition comes over time.

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.

It doesn't hurt to lose my crown, it hurts to lose.

I don't ever 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.

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.

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 and who's bad. I've even considered writing a guidebook.

The tennis wasn't really very much on my mind, so it wasn't like I was thinking about it all the time.

I knew that maybe I couldn't be playing again, but I just wanted to get in physical shape.

It's so difficult to find time besides the tennis.

I appreciate very much being injury-free.

Tennis has always been a big challenge to me and to be able to play that kind of tennis - well, only tennis can produce these feelings for me.

I am a person who sticks to her word.

It shifted attention away from that and Ive never been someone who liked the attention from the media anyway.

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 notes on the good old days.

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 enjoy it.

I never hanker after the past - I prefer to devote myself to new tasks.

Grass is a surface I have always loved, Wimbledon is a tournament I have always loved.

I don't wake up every day and think about which tournaments I won and which titles I hold. It's something I don't care about.

I like to laugh but on the court it is my work. I try to smile but it is so difficult. I concentrate on the ball not on my face.