Yannick Noah Quotations

You arrive at a village, and in this calm environment, one starts to hear echo.

I believe in Karma. If the good is sown, the good is collected. When positive things are made, that returns well.

Your child is happy. What else could you want?

To take part in this brothel through the payment of my taxes, that had become to me unbearable.

Cracked was a very short warrior, whereas Marley was a pacifist warrior.

Arthur Ashe had been the first black athlete to play Johannesburg at the time of apartheid.

Downtown, one has less time. But there are in Europe much people who have the faith, in South America, too.

At one time, I was persuaded to want to make music, and people answered me that that was not possible.

Being in the stands is very difficult. I was never playing but I am nervous watching, waiting.

I always traveled. I left Cameroon when I was 11 years old. I lived in the USA, in Switzerland.

In black Africa, one does not strike, one does not express, one walks right.

In the villages in Europe, there are still healers who tell stories.

People judged my work without to have listened to it.

We have a saying in France. A dog doesn't make a cat.

When one sings, one does not speak about the problems of the every day. One speaks about the things which inspire us, which helped us.

I felt the weight of the past at the beginning of my career of singer.

The important thing is staying together if you want to do something special.

I did not support any more New York. I lived 10 years there, and after September 11, I felt very European. I did not share the opinion of people in the street, who were deeply influenced by what they heard in the media.

It made me hungry. I feel like I'm in a program that really helped me individually as a player. I feel like I'm with a group of guys that are like my best friends.

When you're young and you don't play in these situations, you just don't know. I think the more we play in these situations, the better we're going to become.

He has just lived through the most intense moments of his life. He is still away in his cosmos.

He wasn't very good; he was too big.

Marley, I can sing half of his repertory, but the influence it had on me is more in my way of seeing the things from a strictly musical point of view.

I'm so happy. I'm so happy for him, but also for all of his friends. They deserve it. It's a beautiful story.

When I see this atmosphere, I miss tennis. It's a lot tougher, because you feel helpless and can't help your child. It was painful, and they won. Imagine if they lose?

We flew to Miami and then chartered a plane here to be on time. I'm really excited, I'm proud of him. I'm happy that people like him the way he is.

We weren't supposed to make it here in time for the game but we flew to Miami and chartered a plane to be here on time.

This is painful. It's tough because you feel helpless. You can't help your child.

It's just sheer love and just the people -- when you win, you want to see the people that you love. That's where they were. So whatever it takes to see the people that you love.

It's beautiful, it's been a long trip to come over here but I think it's worth it. I think it's beautiful, and I'm glad my son's a part of it.

Cynicism is not a good energy for me.

It's definitely a different situation when you have a father who's been in sports. In some ways, it's an extra pressure, but the other side, you know the experience that your father had. I think it helps with the maturity from what I've seen.

New York is the city which I liked. One could go to the mass Sunday to listen to gospel, to have all the exposures, and to listen to all the music.

I'm really surprised by the way he's playing, especially the last few weeks. He's working hard, and most of all, he's on a good team. The way they play allows him to play his own style.

I know he's been working really hard. I talk to him all the time, and I feel like he's trying as hard as he can. And he's happy here. I'm happy that he's happy.

I never thought I would feel such emotions. I'm really thankful to be a part of this. It is very special.

You work so hard for these moments, and they're so worth it. So many sacrifices. It's like (being) in a cloud.

After a desperate fight, to know to congratulate your opponent, if he has beaten you, to shake his hand and go for a drink with him, in my eyes these things are particularly important.

I have always considered tennis as a combat in an arena between two gladiators who have their racquets and their courage as their weapons.