Yuri Orlov: [when Andre suddenly shoots a subordinate with the sample gun] WHY'D YOU DO THAT? Andre Baptiste Sr.: What did you say? [aims at Yuri] Yuri Orlov: [pulls himself together] Well, now you're gonna have to buy it. It's a used gun! [pulls it ...
Andre Agassi was my rival in the '90s, and I think as we got older we sort of transcended the game. He was probably the best player I ever played over my career. There's a list of players that were tough, but Andre, certainly, he was the most unique.
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.
Just imagine, the thousands and thousands of concerts that take place every single day, all over the world. And the positive effect that they would have on the people listening. Now imagine a world without this. This void... it is unthinkable.
I wrote this piece because my mailbox was full of bills, junk mail, and lettuce, but not a single letter from Andre Breton. So I decided I’d write to him (though I did eat my first two drafts).
Andre Baptiste Sr.: Welcome to Democracy! Yuri Orlov: Democracy? What have you been drinking Andy? Andre Baptiste Sr.: Heh, you have not seen the news. You know, they accuse me of rigging elections. But after this - [holds up a newspaper with the hea...
There are some guys you have problems beating because of their style - I always had difficulties with guys like Michael Chang and Andre Agassi because their returns were so good and they played so well in defence.
Andre Baptiste Jr.: Can you bring me the gun of Rambo? Yuri Orlov: Part One, Two, or Three? Andre Baptiste Jr.: I've only seen Part One.
I'm a pucca Indian. Bombay is my home.
Andre: It's the dumb class cuz. It means you too dumb. Jamal: Man, say it to my face cuz. Andre: I just did. See what I mean? Dumb?
I started tennis around age 2.
Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it.
Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.
Here's a haiku/palindrome I wrote called, "Obsession." Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob, Bob
Andre Baptiste Sr.: They say that I am the lord of war, but perhaps it is you. Yuri Orlov: I believe it's "warlord." Andre Baptiste Sr.: Thank you, but I prefer it my way.
Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.
Sports are a microcosm of society.
Use it or lose it.
Age, what is it? It's not a figure that has ever meant anything to me.
I was never a prodigy.
