Steffi Graf Quotes, Thoughts and Images

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

I never look back, I look forward.

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.

Age, what is it? It's not a figure that has ever meant anything to me.

I don't ever look back. I look forward.

It doesn't hurt to lose my crown, it hurts to lose.

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

My big dream was to work as a photographer for 'National Geographic.'

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

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

I am a person who sticks to her word.

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 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.

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

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

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

I appreciate very much being injury-free.

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.

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