“I don’t want [people] to remember me as a clown.”

As much as he tries to erase the goofy portrait of himself that he’s painted, Novak Djokovic will always remain a clown (and, I must admit, a ridiculously cute one) in my – and most others’ – eyes. Anyway, since I don’t really feel like writing a full-fledged entry extolling the various virtues of the Djoker, here is a compilation of my favourite, funniest, darnedest tennis quotes (the title quote is just a random thing which I found online approximately 54 seconds ago – no, it doesn’t come under my faovurites; yes, I can get pretty random at times). Hope you enjoy these!

“I’m not fighting with myself. Oh, my God. That’s how I am. You know, the story of the hippo? The hippo comes to the monkey and said, listen, I’m not a hippo. So, he paint himself like a zebra. He said but he’s still a hippo. He said but look at you, you’re painted like a zebra but you are a hippo. So then he goes, you know, like I want be a little parrot. So, he put the colours on him and he comes to the monkey and said but, sorry, you are a hippo. So, in the end, you know, he comes and said I’m happy to be a hippo. This is who I am. So, I have to be who I am and he’s happy being a hippo.”- Marat Safin, the wannabe hippo

“The strawberries are too expensive, it’s true. They don’t have enough for dessert. It’s true.” – Marat (again!) on why he dislikes Wimbledon

“I would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.” – Federer (points for randomness, anyone?)

“I often surprise myself. You can’t plan some shots that go in, not unless you’re on marijuana, and the only grass I’m partial to is Wimbledon’s.” – Rod Laver (so the greatest player ever was a druggie? Riiiiight)

“A traditional fixture at Wimbledon is the way the BBC TV commentary box fills up with British players eliminated in the early rounds.” – some journalist whose name I don’t know. OK, Google tells me that it’s Clive James of ‘The Observer’

“Mixed doubles are always starting divorces. If you play with your wife, you fight with her; if you play with somebody else, she fights with you.” – Sidney Wood (won Wimbledon ages ago, in case you were wondering)

“Tennis was a game invented by a woman named Samantha Tennis in 1839, in the village of Lobsworth, County of Kent, as a diversion for the wealthy and titled Englishmen of the region, who had nothing better to do at the time but drink, belch and wear funny clothes.” – some dude called Dan Jenkins

That’s all I’ve got for now. If I come across any more noteworthy ones, I’ll definitely add them. Till the next post then, ciao!

~ by leelasn on August 29, 2008.