I am not playing Wimbledon because I am allergic to grass. Ivan Lendl More Quotes by Ivan Lendl More Quotes From Ivan Lendl If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can. Ivan Lendl leadership practice sports If you lose, it hurts, but as long as you have fought hard, you can still feel good about yourself. Ivan Lendl feel-good hurt long If you become great, then you can become happy. If you're happy first, it's much more difficult to be great. Ivan Lendl difficult ifs firsts Once you win, you have no doubt that you can win. So you have gone through it once, and you can do it again. Ivan Lendl doubt gone winning He's a haircut and a forehand. Ivan Lendl motivational-tennis haircuts tennis In tennis you move a lot. Golf you dont. In tennis, you can have a bad half-hour, but you cant in golf. You can lose the first set in tennis and still win. Ivan Lendl winning golf moving Don't mistake activity for achievement - practice the right way. - John Wooden I only play well when I'm prepared. If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can. Ivan Lendl leadership mistake sports I was between 2 and 3 in the world for two, three years. That's not exactly where I wanted to be. Ivan Lendl sports two years 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. Ivan Lendl hard-work sports thinking I believe the brain is like a muscle - like any other it can be improved. Ivan Lendl motivational sports believe If you go to school and practice for five days a week, it still gives you two days you can go and see your friends, you can go to the movies, you do whatever you like to do. Ivan Lendl practice sports school Tennis is not like other sports where the coach is hired by an independent entity, and that makes a huge difference in the dynamic. Ivan Lendl independent differences sports Too many people asking too many questions in tennis. Golf is better. Ivan Lendl tennis golf people People may say I developed an iron will, but what really happened is that I made myself much fitter. I think an iron will is always supported by fitness. Ivan Lendl iron-will people thinking What I like about golf is there are no bad calls. Ivan Lendl golf I got bad calls every match, and I never got an apology. So I thought it was rather strange. Ivan Lendl apology strange sports I have seriously thought about retiring, but that was on a good day. On a bad day I've thought about killing myself. Ivan Lendl good-day bad-day killing My serve and my forehand I pretty much always had, but my backhand was a made backhand. I worked on it for years. Ivan Lendl made years I certainly don't lose any sleep if I lose a tennis match. Ivan Lendl tennis ifs sleep But it's very difficult, I can tell you I played the Czech Open a few times and it's very difficult just to go on to a scene where the course is prepared differently when the greens are fast and he's not used to it and they're hard as a rock and he's not used to it. Ivan Lendl hard-times rocks goes-on
