Quotes by Boris Becker

Boris Becker

German tennis player

Lived from: 1967 -

Category: Athletes

Born: 22 november 1967

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  • A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading him the story of Noah's Ark.
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  • An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people's privacy.
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  • Girls had never been important. I'd had a girlfriend or two and had liked them a lot but it wasn't love, because my first love was tennis.
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  • How do you build a relationship when you've hardly shared a word but suddenly share a child? How do you love a daughter you don't see for nearly two years? When does she become your daughter? How does she become your daughter?
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  • If I go into a club now, all the blonde girls leave my corner and all the black girls come into my corner. It's as if I'm racist towards white girls!
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  • 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.
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  • Tennis is a psychological sport, you have to keep a clear head. That is why I stopped playing.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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  • The suit-and-tie job is very nice but it's not really who I am in my heart.
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  • 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.
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  • 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.
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What are the most famous quotes from Boris Becker?

The two most famous quotes from Boris Becker are:

  • "A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading him the story of Noah's Ark."
  • "An autobiography is not about pictures; it's about the stories; it's about honesty and as much truth as you can tell without coming too close to other people's privacy."

When did Boris Becker live?

Boris Becker is still alive and was born in 1967.