Patrick McEnroe quotes

Patrick McEnroe quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“Being a celebrity is like being raped, and there's absolutely nothing a player can do about it.”
-- Patrick McEnroe

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“Instant replay is going to be awesome. For too long, tennis has been stuck in its traditions, which is part of its strength as a game. But you have to be able to change some things and get fans interested.”
-- Patrick McEnroe

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“I think I have a newfound respect for what my parents did, to create two players - one who was really good and another who was pretty good.”
-- Patrick McEnroe

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“I never suspected that we or any one person or program can create Serena Williams or John McEnroe or Pete Sampras.”
-- Patrick McEnroe

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“The banishment for life of Pete Rose from baseball is a sad end if a sorry episode. One of the game's greatest players has engaged in a variety of acts which have stained the game, and he must now live with the consequences of those acts. There is absolutely no deal for reinstatement.”

Source : A. Bartlett Giamatti's remarks at the press conference banning Pete Rose from baseball, August 24, 1989.
“Rather an end in horror, than horror without end. He could not condemn principles he might need to invoke and apply later. The wolf cannot help having been created by God as he is, but we shoot him all the same if we have to. The great player in diplomacy, as in chess, asks the question,Does this improve me?, not look at the possible fringe benefits If you can't have what you like, you must like what you have.”
“Today was about execution, period. Every single player, all of us in the dressing room right now, weâ€™re embarrassed because thatâ€™s not the way we want to play soccer.”
“I feel like Josh, Michelle and Adam were all team players, who wanted to be a part of an ensemble.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I'm not a good guitar player.”
“Amateur psychiatric prognosis can be fascinating when there's absolutely nothing else to do.”

Source : Richard Condon (2005). “The Manchurian Candidate”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated
“Cloud Foundry is not exciting. What's exciting is what you can do with Cloud Foundry.”
“I do what I do because there's nothing else I can do.”

Source : Interview with Reina Shay Broussard, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. September 1, 2013.
“I can do whatever I want.”
“You can do anything you like, it's all fiction.”

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