Quotes from Andre Agassi

Being number two sucks.

I've been criticized for not having perspective in the past and I thought that of myself many times but not there.

In tennis you're on an island. Of all the games men and women play, tennis is the closest to solitary confinement.

Hitting a ball dead perfect - the only peace.

A great coach can lead you to a place where you don't need him any more.

Tennis was always sort of a - a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself.

If I've learned nothing else, it's that time and practice equal achievement.

I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answers, I don't pretend that I do just because I won the match. Just keep fighting and maybe something good happens.

First of all, let me say, 1:15 in the morning, for 20 000 people to still be here, I wasn't the winner, tennis was. That's awesome. I don't know if I've ever felt so good here before.

You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.

You don't cheat anybody out of their experience, whatever it is.

Tennis was always sort of a - a learning. It was a vehicle for me to discover a lot about myself. And the things that I sort of discovered at times I not only didn't want to see it for myself but I certainly didn't want millions of people to see it.

great things begin at the end of the comfort zone. It is all about exploring the bleeding edge in your own time or with someone who will not judge you for it being beyond your comfort zone

My father says that if I hit 2,500 balls each day, I'll hit 17,500 balls each week, and at the end of one year I'll have hit nearly one million balls. He believes in math. Numbers, he says, don't lie. A child who hits one million balls each year will be unbeatable.

A win doesn't feel as good as a loss feels bad, and the good feeling doesn't last as long as the bad. Not even close.

we must all care for one another—this is our task in life. But also we must care for ourselves, which means we must be careful in our decisions, careful in our relationships, careful in our statements. We must manage our lives carefully, in order to avoid becoming victims.

You know everything you need to know about people when you see their faces at the moments of your greatest triumph.

How lovely it is to dream while you are awake. Dream while you're awake, Andre. Anybody can dream while they're asleep, but you need to dream all the time, and say our dreams out loud, and believe in them.

I find it surreal, then perfectly normal. I'm struck by how fast the surreal becomes the norm. I marvel at how unexciting it is to be famous, how mundane famous people are. They're confused, uncertain, insecure, and often hate what they do. It's something we always hear - like that old adage that money can't buy happiness-but we never believe it until we see it ourselves. Seeing it in 1992 brings me a new measure of confidence.

You don't have to be the best in the world every time you go out there. You just have to be better than one guy.

Gil's philosophy in all things is to seek the pain, woo the pain, recognize that pain is life. If you're heartbroken, Gil says, don't hide from it. Wallow in it. We hurt, he says, so let's hurt.

It's one of those showers that make you think you should write a check to several environmental groups – and maybe plant a tree.