You can have a certain arrogance, and I think that’s fine, but what you should never lose is the respect for the others. – Steffi Graf
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. – Steffi Graf
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. – Steffi Graf
It shifted attention away from that and I’ve never been someone who liked the attention from the media anyway. – Steffi Graf
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. – Steffi Graf
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. – Steffi Graf
I still take it seriously, but once I go out there I think I’ve got more relaxed and I think it shows. – Steffi Graf
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. – Steffi Graf
I don’t like the word ‘businesswoman.’ Perhaps ‘committed mother’ would be the best description. – Steffi Graf
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. – Steffi Graf
The tennis wasn’t really very much on my mind, so it wasn’t like I was thinking about it all the time. – Steffi Graf
I knew that maybe I couldn’t be playing again, but I just wanted to get in physical shape. – Steffi Graf
