Goran Ivanisevic Quotes

• "As soon as I step on the court 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."
• "It's 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."
• "Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence."
• "I didn't even have fun to break anything today. That's how I felt, you know. Today's such a day when, you know... Even if somebody told me, 'Break,' I wouldn't break. You just... But I don't know. With me, anything is possible. When I come on the court, you know, anything happens. So they always expect something, something is gonna happen. But today, nothing happen. Today was show but no actors in the show, you know. Disappointing."
• "If she only wakes up five times in a night, it's like I've won the lottery. I'm awake at night and asleep during the day. I haven't found a way to keep her asleep. I tried yelling, but if I yell it gets even worse, she starts to cry and scream even more [on fatherhood]"
• "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. [on fatherhood]"
• "McEnroe's got no chance! He's a pretty cocky guy, you know - I would like to kick his a***!"
• "You can't slow the game here. It's grass, it's always going to be fast [on Wimbledon]"
• "I was surprised how easy it broke [on his racquet]"
• "Maybe there is something wrong with it, or I'm too strong [on frequently breaking his racquet]"
• "The trouble with me is tahte very match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court and myself"