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Tennis is basically a game where you try to create an opportunity for yourself to finish the point, because you can't wait for the opponent to miss anymore. Well, if you create an opportunity and don't take advantage of it, you let the opponent back to even, then you are just starting the point over, so you have to take advantage of them.

~Ivan Lendl

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If you lose, it hurts, but as long as you have fought hard, you can still feel good about yourself.

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Not winning at Wimbledon is not going to bother me forever.

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People may say I developed an iron will, but what really happened is that I made myself much fitter. I think an iron will is always supported by fitness.

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My serve and my forehand I pretty much always had, but my backhand was a made backhand. I worked on it for years.

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You know how kids are. They like to do what parents do.

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Too many people asking too many questions in tennis. Golf is better.

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In tennis you move a lot. Golf you don't. In tennis, you can have a bad half-hour, but you can't in golf. You can lose the first set in tennis and still win.

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I like to compete.

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If you become great, then you can become happy. If you're happy first, it's much more difficult to be great.

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Biography

Nationality: Czechoslovakian

Type: Athlete

Born: March 7th, 1960

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