Quotes from Steffi Graf

It shifted attention away from that and I've never been someone who liked the attention from the media anyway.

I knew that maybe I couldn't be playing again, but I just wanted to get in physical shape.

I don't like the word 'businesswoman.' Perhaps 'committed mother' would be the best description.

I've thrown away lots of my old diaries - you never know who might get their hands on them. But I have kept a few notes on the good old days.

If you go to a big city anywhere in the world and you need a doctor, just ask me. I can tell you who's good and who's bad. I've even considered writing a guidebook.

I never hanker after the past - I prefer to devote myself to new tasks.

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

As long as I can focus on enjoying what I'm doing, having fun, I know I'll play well.

You cannot compare your athletic achievement to the importance of children and giving them a safe environment in which to grow up and enjoy life.

I have always been guided by striving to show the best that I could. That is what kept me going in tennis and it is the same now.

You can't measure success if you have never failed.

There is no relief at it being over. There is the joy of winning it.

I suppose it's amazing how quick life goes by when you have children.

Grass is a surface I have always loved, Wimbledon is a tournament I have always loved.

I think it takes people to get to know you and the recognition comes over time.

I don't wake up every day and think about which tournaments I won and which titles I hold. It's something I don't care about.

It's so difficult to find time besides the tennis.

The tennis wasn't really very much on my mind, so it wasn't like I was thinking about it all the time.

I still take it seriously, but once I go out there I think I've got more relaxed and I think it shows.

I had a lot of different thoughts and ideas and always to transform, but I'm trying certain things that I feel my heart is really going for and that was one of the things that I initiated a few months ago.

I suppose it's amazing how quick life goes by when you have children.

You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that's fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others.

I like to laugh, but on the court, it is my work. I try to smile, but it is so difficult. I concentrate on the ball, not on my face.

Ive been taught very early on that if you want to win a tournament youve got to beat anybody, and hopefully I play well and enjoy it.