Boris Becker Quotes

Where do you go when you're the best in the world? What's next? - Boris Becker

When you are thrown onto the stage at 17 in such an enormous way, it becomes living on the edge because every step you take, every word you speak, every action you do becomes headline news. And it became, for me, life or death. - Boris Becker

When I was a child, I had posters of James Dean in my room. I was a big admirer of his work and was fascinated by him living on the edge. Looking back, my life was kind of the same. - Boris Becker

The suit-and-tie job is very nice but it's not really who I am in my heart. - Boris Becker

The only thing I had on my mind was tennis, and sometimes girls... My life was all about tennis. My office was the whole world. The word home didn't really exist. - Boris Becker

The eyes of some of the fans at Davis Cup matches scare me. There's no light in them. Fixed emotions. Blind worship. Horror. It makes me think of what happened to us long ago. - Boris Becker

That's the hard part about sport: as men we haven't started to be in our prime, but as athletes we are old people. I needed support. I lost trust and did stupid things. - Boris Becker

Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing. - Boris Becker

So this is it. Match point for eternity. - Boris Becker

It's silly to say it about a tennis player, but I'm an unbelievable hero in Germany. And Germany needs heroes more than any place. - Boris Becker

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