Best 29 quotes of Goran Ivanisevic on MyQuotes

Actually, I tossed it nicely, landed nicely, like airplane. No warning, beautiful. That's the art of throwing racquets.

After I won a match at a tournament I tried to repeat everything I did the day I won. Before my next match, I ate the same food, I went to the same restaurant etc. Sometimes it got very boring.

Although we didn't have much when I was growing up in Split, Croatia, my parents always tried to ensure that my sister and I had the things we needed, and it was enough for us.

At her birthday, my seven-year-old daughter will say that she wants these big cakes and certain expensive toys as presents, and I can't say no to her. It would just break my heart. But when I was little, for birthdays we just played outside and we were happy if we got any cake.

Every generation has its own Goran. So I was the Goran of this generation.

I don't care now if I ever win a match in my life again. Whatever I do in my life, wherever I go, I'm going to be always Wimbledon champion.

If I can't serve on grass, I can maybe help cut the grass, paint the lines and serve some strawberries.

If you are given a lot of money without having to work for it, you won't appreciate it as much as if you made it yourself.

I have so many runner-up cups that I am thinking of starting my own tea shop.

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.

I must be the only player in the world who ever injured himself for a tournament by stepping on a shell on the beach. I don't know what I'm going to do.

I still break racquets, but now I do it in a positive way.

I think I owe it to myself and my fans in Britain to play one more Wimbledon.

It's easier when you play. You get your emotion out. You scream. You yell. You do whatever you want. You play. But it's tough to sit.

Its 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.

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.

Ivan Lendl's never going to be a great player on grass. The only time he comes to the net is to shake your hand.

Lately, my mind is like an orchestra. If you don't have the conductor, you don't know what to do. One guy is playing jazz, one guy is playing rock and roll, another classical. It's a big mess.

My fines? I pay more fines than some guys' career prize money on the tour.

My sporting hero was Drazen Petrovic, the NBA basketball player, who was killed in a car accident in 1993. He was a good friend, an unbelievable player, and I dedicated my Wimbledon win to him.

My tattoo is a cross, a rose and a shark. A cross is a cross, a rose like love and a shark is a pretty tough animal.

Since retiring I have spent a lot of time with my family, on my boat, and playing football.

The best book I read this year was 'The Da Vinci Code.'

There are not many Irish people playing tennis!

The trouble with me is that every match I play against five opponents: umpire, crowd, ball boys, court, and myself.

When I started in my career, my sister was very sick so I play for her because we didn't have money.

While I didn't have everything that I wanted, I was still a happy kid.

Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence.

With me, you never know what is going to happen