Quotes About Desire

I decided to practice alone because it was a challenge for me to see how much I love tennis. And making sure I was not trying just to respond to other people's expectations and that I really wanted it myself. I realized that I just loved tennis, that it was something extraordinary, that I would really want to do that.

There are two kinds of responses - the one we think we might get and the one we wish we get.

I never wanted children; maybe I'm afraid of responsibility.

As soon as you win the Cup, you don't want to lose that feeling. You want to win more than one. As soon as you taste it, it's kind of like a really good restaurant. You go there once, and you want to come back more than once because it's great.

Like going to my favorite restaurant, it can sometimes get hard. I just can't go to the mall.

No player wants restrictions.

I don't want to retire. I still want to play.

I am retired, I don't fight anymore, I lost the desire.

I retired one year in 1959. But then I realized I wanted to play more.

I was more eager to lose weight than almost anything in retirement.

I don't have any ambitions. I am looking forward to retiring, or at least having more time. When I was young I wanted more stuff, now I am older, I want more time.

The positives of retiring outweighed the positives of returning and my desire to still play.

The way it actually works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, in order to have what you want.

Money goes where it's rewarded. Money goes where it is needed the most.

I wanted to play the drums, but I had no rhythm.

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is to do to get rich.

I would love to play Richard III.

You're never rich enough if you can be richer.

The two things that I wanted in my life were to have a movie career and to be married, to have a family. And it's an embarrassment of riches that I've got both.

Ricky Martin is one of the artists I wanted to be growing up.

I would love to fight Ricky Hatton.

It took me 30 years, but I finally bought myself the Patek Philippe watch I'd always wanted. It's ridiculous how much I love it.

I want to be riding with the Four Horsemen!

Ten million 16-year-old girls would sell their right arm to live the life that I've had.