"Manners are manners. Jimmy Connors and Ilie Nastase have no respect. I don't want my kid seeing Nastase play. The demeanor you show on the court is important to tennis.... Maybe we (yesterday's stars) were too stereotyped. But we were told to behave or they'd take our racket away."

-- Rod Laver

#Stars Quotes #Kids Quotes #Play Quotes

“He's not my step brother technically, so I think it's okay that I kissed him once.”
“I'm from where your hustle determines your salary.”
“America may not be the best nation on earth, but it has conceived loftier ideals and dreamed higher dreams than any other nation. America is a heterogeneous nation of many different people of different races, religions, and creeds. Should this experiment go forth and prosper, we will have offered humans a new way to look at life; should it fail, we will simply go the way of all failed civilizations.”
“Remember: courage, unused, diminishes. Commitment, unexercised, wanes. Love, unshared, dissipates.”
“I am depressed rather at the wave of brutality sweeping over the country.”
“I stumble through a carnival of horrors”
“I am extremely grateful for two big gifts from my father. First, my sense of humor - the ability to see the humor in something while it is happening. That has cushioned my life. I am also grateful for the work of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. It has enriched my life and made me a very different person.”
“How to get a seat at the table: 1. Be excellent. 2. Say a prayer. 3. Be available 4. Be you”

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