Ivan Lendl Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Not winning at Wimbledon is not going to bother me forever.”

“Too many people asking too many questions in tennis. Golf is better.”

“You have to focus on the process. You cannot be glued to the results.”

“But to be fair, if you take players from my era to now, the game has changed and the players have many more shots. They use them differently than we did. The speed of the game has changed.”

“It's flattering to be compared in any way to Tiger Woods, because he's the best player in the world.”

“Because in order to beat Jimmy, I had to get around the ball a little bit quicker so I wasn't always on defensive and catching the ball on last stride, that I had little more time. Once I was able to get little bit quicker, then it has helped me a lot.”

“I think talent is dangerous to have if you take it for granted. If you use it well and put hard work with it together, it's hard to catch that guy. And I think that's what you're seeing right now.”

“If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support them.”

“In tennis you move a lot. Golf you don't. In tennis, you can have a bad half-hour, but you can't in golf. You can lose the first set in tennis and still win.”

“I just travel all the time. And I was just looking at the schedules now and starting the first week of October I will be every weekend with somebody at tournaments through Christmas. So it gets very difficult to just go away and not do that.”