Quotes of Ivan Lendl - somelinesforyou

“ If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ Many times the players get in there and it's just about as well as they could have done, and other times they get in there and they favorites and they don't win. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ 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. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ You know, you just go out there, do your best. Sometimes it's good enough and sometimes it is, and sometimes it stays your only one and sometimes you win bunch others behind it. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ 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. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ I think if you look at Andre then and now, you look at two different models. Of course it's personal preference, I think Andre now is a great role model for the kids. He has started training differently than he was before, and so on and so on. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ I don't make a habit of watching tennis matches, but I try to watch all the major finals. I try to make time for that. So unless I have something going with the kids where I can't, I try to watch, and I enjoy that. ”

- 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

“ I don't make a habit of watching tennis matches, but I try to watch all the major finals. I try to make time for that. So unless I have something going with the kids where I can't, I try to watch, and I enjoy that. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ Every time I won the Grand Slam for the first time, it's more special than the others, and the ones behind that were not too shabby either. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ 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. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ You know, you just go out there, do your best. Sometimes it's good enough and sometimes it is, and sometimes it stays your only one and sometimes you win bunch others behind it. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ 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

“ Many times the players get in there and it's just about as well as they could have done, and other times they get in there and they favorites and they don't win. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ I'm certainly not sorry that there were some things I missed. You may think you're missing something at that time but later when you look at it, you didn't miss anything. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ I was between 2 and 3 in the world for two, three years. That's not exactly where I wanted to be. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ 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

“ 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. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ I don't make a habit of watching tennis matches, but I try to watch all the major finals. I try to make time for that. So unless I have something going with the kids where I can't, I try to watch, and I enjoy that. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ I think if you look at Andre then and now, you look at two different models. Of course it's personal preference, I think Andre now is a great role model for the kids. He has started training differently than he was before, and so on and so on. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ 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

“ I got bad calls every match, and I never got an apology. So I thought it was rather strange. ”

- 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

“ 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

“ I got bad calls every match, and I never got an apology. So I thought it was rather strange. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ I don't make a habit of watching tennis matches, but I try to watch all the major finals. I try to make time for that. So unless I have something going with the kids where I can't, I try to watch, and I enjoy that. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ You know, you just go out there, do your best. Sometimes it's good enough and sometimes it is, and sometimes it stays your only one and sometimes you win bunch others behind it. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ I don't make a habit of watching tennis matches, but I try to watch all the major finals. I try to make time for that. So unless I have something going with the kids where I can't, I try to watch, and I enjoy that. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ I'm certainly not sorry that there were some things I missed. You may think you're missing something at that time but later when you look at it, you didn't miss anything. ”

- Ivan Lendl

“ Every time I won the Grand Slam for the first time, it's more special than the others, and the ones behind that were not too shabby either. ”

- Ivan Lendl
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