"I remember Agassi playing Federer in Basel, Switzerland in 1998, and Andre was already saying at that time that Federer would be tough. Usually at the time players are 17, you can see if they will be great."

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Source : Interview with Nima Naderi, tennisconnected.com. April 8, 2010.

Brad Gilbert

#Player Quotes #Switzerland Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“I provide the bricks and mortar with the words and situations - the director and the actors and the designers build the house.”
“I played sometimes about as dull as you can play it. I did things the right way, you know. I think I modeled my playing ability after one of the all time greats, Joe DiMaggio. You always found Joe, when he played, you know, he always threw to the right base. He ran, he caught the ball. He did all the right things. He was an idol of mine in the outfield. He played the game the way it was supposed to be played.”
“If you have fun, fine. It's not all life and death.”
“I donâ€™t care about the word â€˜artâ€™ because it has been so discredited. So I want to get rid of it. There is an unnecessary adoration of â€˜artâ€™ today.”
“Everyone wants to pretend like they sprang out of the ground with an Animal Collective record in their hands and a David Bowie haircut, and that's just not the case. You discover these things gradually.”
“I'm a control freak, so that's why I became a director.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I was a football player. I liked it a lot...unfortunately that's where I first wrecked my knees. Playing high school football, getting cut across the knees. They haven't healed since. Back then they didn't have the surgery techniques that they have now.”
“We are taught to consume. And that's what we do. But if we realized that there really is no reason to consume, that it's just a mind set, that it's just an addiction, then we wouldn't be out there stepping on people's hands climbing the corporate ladder of success.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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