Ivan Lendl Sports Quotations

When I lose, it doesn't just go to my head; it goes to my heart too. If you're at all in the match, if you love to play and ein, it must go to your heart.

I believe the brain is like a muscle - like any other it can be improved.

If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support them.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tennis is not like other sports where the coach is hired by an independent entity, and that makes a huge difference in the dynamic.