Nothing can substitute for just plain hard work. I had to put in the time to get back. And it was a grind. It meant training and sweating every day. But I was completely committed to working out to prove to myself that I still could do it.
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I got a hundred bucks says my baby beats Pete's baby. I just think genetics are in my favour. ANDRE AGASSI Well, you know, I've bonded with a lot of people over the years, you know. We played the same to... ANDRE AGASSI It's an incredible serve. It's not a function of how fast it is. The trajectory is the main issue. Y... ANDRE AGASSI During all the years with Pete [Sampras], everybody would talk about the finals. I think Pete and I ... ANDRE AGASSI It's an incredible serve, ... The trajectory is the main issue because you're lunging but then it's ... ANDRE AGASSI I feel like I've experienced every part of my game throughout this first week and I've liked the lev... ANDRE AGASSI But I feel good about the way I played tonight. I was moving well and feeling healthy so it was all ... ANDRE AGASSI It's an incredible serve. A lot of guys can serve it 135-plus. The trajectory is the main issue. You... 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I just couldn't imagine what it's like competing again... ANDRE AGASSI I had moments of my actions and words not reflecting who it is I am - if that defines a punk, then y... ANDRE AGASSI It never seizes to amaze me how much I enjoy playing here and how much you fans have meant to me ove... ANDRE AGASSI My feelings are he [Yevgeny Kafelnikov] should take his prize money when he is done here and go and ... ANDRE AGASSI Now my hopes are for the U.S. Open. I'm in a much better place right now than I was a few weeks ago. ANDRE AGASSI So I go to the Open with the intention of hopefully bringing some inspiration to those who take a fe... ANDRE AGASSI I feel like I missed Wimbledon two years in a row, and I feel I've missed the French two years in a ... ANDRE AGASSI I wasn't the winner, ... Tennis was. ANDRE AGASSI I don't know if I've ever felt this good here, ANDRE AGASSI The third and fourth set, I felt I was a bit living on the edge with my serve. He was getting a lot ... ANDRE AGASSI My kids thought they were on Mars. We couldn't get a word in edgewise, but it was fun to just sit an... ANDRE AGASSI I've been thinking that for four years. You never know when it's your last go, ANDRE AGASSI If he's getting the better of me, I couldn't wish it for a better person ANDRE AGASSI He's always been a real dangerous player, ... You never know when somebody comes of age or game. (Fo... ANDRE AGASSI Saturday is going to be a blast. The whole weekend is going to be a blast. ANDRE AGASSI I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have the answer... ANDRE AGASSI When I get asked that question, I'm just a bit numb to it really, ... All I can say is how I feel ..... ANDRE AGASSI Sometimes it's just harder to remind yourself about what you're doing and why you're doing it, ... O... ANDRE AGASSI Let's be clear about something. I wasn't the winner, tennis was. I never felt I was going to win tha... ANDRE AGASSI Listen, James is an easy guy to like, and he's an easy guy to root for, ... If he's getting the bett... ANDRE AGASSI Listen to that. How does that get old? Thanks, guys. ANDRE AGASSI It's a tragedy, it's terrible. I hope there's something I can do. I'll be a part of anything that mi... ANDRE AGASSI I feel old when I see mousse in my opponent's hair. ANDRE AGASSI He was too good. I would suggest to his next opponent that he doesn't look to me for advice ANDRE AGASSI I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis. ANDRE AGASSI Everybody here is taking the day out of their lives to come watch me, and I thank you for that, ANDRE AGASSI Some moments it feels longer, other moments it feels like it's flown by; you can't believe you've do... ANDRE AGASSI When (Connors) was 35, 36 when we played, you know, I don't know if I was old enough to really under... ANDRE AGASSI He was serving well, playing really smart, taking chances on my second serve. 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He hits a heavy ball and a big forehand r... ANDRE AGASSI I'm going to go down swinging... I'm sure as heck not going to go home and say I had a bad t... ANDRE AGASSI I think one of the greatest joys I have now in my career and in my profession is to be playing at an... ANDRE AGASSI Being number two sucks. ANDRE AGASSI I felt I needed a good break after Wimbledon. I was mentally and physically exhausted and frustrated... ANDRE AGASSI I was useless, to be quite honest, as being clear on what was going on out there, ANDRE AGASSI I was a little embarrassed to admit how it happened. You would think a racket sport would translate. ANDRE AGASSI I just couldn't get my teeth back in the match. I started second-guessing my shots. I never found th... ANDRE AGASSI Yeah, and then he stubs his toe on the way out of the stadium, ANDRE AGASSI I question myself every day. That's what I still find motivating about this. I don't have th... ANDRE AGASSI James is a guy that runs on high octane, ... He's a fighter jet. He burns the fuel fast and furious.... ANDRE AGASSI His serve was more awkward than I anticipated. If you don't get a good return, he immediately gets o... ANDRE AGASSI I knew I was in a tussle at that point. ANDRE AGASSI To say it (the injured hip) was 100 percent would probably be overstating it but to be able to have ... ANDRE AGASSI In the middle to late part of the third set, the sciatic nerve in my back started to get inflamed an... ANDRE AGASSI It's like a car going uphill with no brakes. You're either going forward or backwards. I feel like w... ANDRE AGASSI I'm unsure about what I'm going to be doing in a month, let alone a year from now. But as of now, my... ANDRE AGASSI There's no matches you get through unless you're playing sensibly. 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ANDRE MAUROIS The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions... ANDRE MAUROIS The first recipe for happiness is: avoid too lengthy meditation on the past. ANDRE MAUROIS An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go floppin... ANDRE MAUROIS Without a family, man, alone in the world, trembles with the cold. ANDRE MAUROIS Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her ... ANDRE MAUROIS I like Velvet Underground, but I was never really hardcore into them. I like them, and I like Nico, ... ERIC ANDRE I was the black sheep of the family, and my mother never really understood me. ANDRE RIEU People who don't do jazz think it's black magic. But really, it's just a matter of getti... ANDRE PREVIN First paying gig, I got 20 bucks. I played at some really weird venue. I don't remember the venu... 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ANDRE MAUROIS The really great novel tends to be the exact negative of its author's life. ANDRE MAUROIS The need to express oneself in writing springs from a mal-adjustment to life, or from an inner confl... ANDRE MAUROIS Between eighteen and twenty, life is like an exchange where one buys stocks, not with money, but wit... ANDRE MALRAUX What is the most precious, the most exciting smell awaiting you in the house when you return to it a... ANDRE SINYAVSKY A place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the general env... CARL ANDRE It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around yo... CARL ANDRE My art will reflect not necessarily conscious politics but the unanalysed politics of my life. CARL ANDRE Matter as matter rather than matter as symbol is a conscious political position, essentially Marxist... CARL ANDRE Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. 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