Top 20 Ivan Lendl Quotes

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I enjoy life. I always enjoy jokes.

I enjoy life. I always enjoy jokes.
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
Many tennis coaches are enablers. They need the job more than the player needs the coach, and if the coach needs the job more than the player needs the coach, he can’t effect change.
Ivan Lendl
Tennis is not like other sports where the coach is hired by an independent entity, and that makes a huge difference in the dynamic.
Ivan Lendl
I got bad calls every match, and I never got an apology. So I thought it was rather strange.
Ivan Lendl
I certainly don’t lose any sleep if I lose a tennis match.
Ivan Lendl
You can never guarantee the wins but you can guarantee that you give it 100%. That way you can always look back and feel comfortable, as a player or a coach.
Ivan Lendl
Not winning at Wimbledon is not going to bother me forever.
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
I just travel all the time. And I was just looking at the schedules now and starting the first week of October I will be every weekend with somebody at tournaments through Christmas. So it gets very difficult to just go away and not do that.
Ivan Lendl
I like to compete.
Ivan Lendl
Olympic gold is obviously right up there with a grand slam. It’s a big win. You can say it’s more, you can say it’s less, you can say it’s equal. It’s very much up there.
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
Once you win, you have no doubt that you can win. So you have gone through it once, and you can do it again.
Ivan Lendl
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.
Ivan Lendl
Too many people asking too many questions in tennis. Golf is better.
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
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 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.
Ivan Lendl