Quotes by Andre Agassi

The most animated talks we have are about…things

I address the trophy and the warped reflection: All the pain and suffering youve caused me.

Walking to the net, Im certain that Ive lost to the better man, the Everest of the next generation. I pity the young players who will have to contend with him. I feel for the man who is fated to play Agassi to his Sampras. Though I dont mention Pete by name, I have him uppermost in my mind when I tell reporters: Its real simple. Most people have weaknesses. Federer has none.

I find it surreal, then perfectly normal. Im struck by how fast the surreal becomes the norm. I marvel at how unexciting it is to be famous, how mundane famous people are. Theyre confused, uncertain, insecure, and often hate what they do. Its something we always hear - like that old adage that money cant buy happiness-but we never believe it until we see it ourselves. Seeing it in 1992 brings me a new measure of confidence.

Ive been let in on a dirty little secret: winning changes nothing. Now that Ive won a slam, I know something that very few people on earth are permitted to know. A win doesnt feel as good as a loss feels bad, and the good feeling doesnt last as long as the bad. Not even close.

A ball feels different off every players racket-there are minute but concrete subtleties of force and spin. Now, hitting with her (Steffi Graf), I feel her subtleties. Its like touching her, though were forty feet apart. Every forehand is foreplay.

Maybe I dont know yet how to be happy and play well at the same time.

I slide to my knees and say, Please let this be over. Then, Im not ready for it to be over.

Qué lindo es sonar despierto, he says. How lovely it is to dream while you are awake. Dream while you are awake, Andre. Anybody can dream while theyre asleep, but you need to dream all the time, and say your dreams out loud, and believe in them.In other words, when in the final of a slam, I must dream. I must play to win.

You dont cheat anybody out of their experience, whatever it is.