Australian Open Quotes

#1. Any quality player can adjust well to the different demands. It is like a good tennis player who is expected to adjust to the clay at the French Open, the grass at Wimbledon, the hard courts of the U.S. and the heat of the Australian Open. A professional is expected to do all that.

Gautam Gambhir

#2. The Australian Open attracts one of the most competitive line-ups in the world and I'm looking forward to putting the heat on some of my old on-court rivals.

Mark Philippoussis

#3. We start the year on the other side of the world, at the Australian Open, and then just chase the sun.

Andre Agassi

#4. I liked Pat Cash, and I loved Mats Wilander. I went to the Australian Open with my parents, and I used to watch Wilander being cheered on by the Swedish fans, and with his game style being like mine, I drew comparisons with him.

Lleyton Hewitt

#5. I have a TV Soap Boomerang award, and I always start my year with the Australian Open tennis! Tennis, soccer, you name it.

Doug Davidson

#6. No one cares about the Davis Cup. How many people know I won five Davis Cups and seven majors, but that I rarely played the Australian Open?

John McEnroe

#7. I'd won the Australian Open twice, but winning Wimbledon takes something special.

Stefan Edberg

#8. There are some discussions taking place in the United Arab Emirates about the prospects of a long-haul flight into Belfast.

Martin McGuinness

#9. I remember when I was little, much younger than I was when I started modeling, people always said, 'Oh, you should be a model.' But I didn't like people telling me what to do ... But I didn't plan to transform into an actress, either. It just happened.

Tao Okamoto

#10. It is better to recognise that we are in darkness than to pretend that we can see the light.

Hedley Bull

#11. You run the risk of losing anyone who is worth spending time
with, unless you are so paranoid about loss that you choose someone unlosable, somebody who could
not possibly appeal to anybody else at all.

Nick Hornby

#12. The greatest gift is the ability to forget - to forget the bad things and focus on the good.

Joe Biden

#13. I am that quiet place, the centre of the maelstrom...The dangerous abyss, where few dare to tread...

Virginia Alison

#14. Were it my cue to fight, I should have known it
Without a prompter.

William Shakespeare

#15. Riley swings the door open and grins at me. "G'day mate!"

I frown at him. "What the hell was that?"

"Me," he says, "trying to speak your language."

I push past him and plonk myself down on his sofa. "That was Australian.

Beckie Stevenson

#16. If you wish to understand me at all (and to write an autobiography is only to open a window into one's heart) you must understand first and foremost, that I am an Australian.

Nellie Melba

#17. Reverie by the open window in the sweet futility of a mild evening was yet to strike the Australian male as a requirement. (There would be the question of fly screens, for one thing.)

Shirley Hazzard

#18. Trust to a Mercant is a complicated thing. It usually requires years of acquaintance, several background checks, and a probationary period.

Nalini Singh

#19. What does the fish remind you of?" "Other fish." "And what do the other fish remind you of?" "Other fish." Major Sanderson sat back disappointedly. "Do you like fish?" "Not especially.

Joseph Heller

#20. I figured this guy was a fair dinkum Australian. The type of guy that worked the land all day, cracked open a beer or two at night and called girls 'sheilas'.

S.A. Tawks

#21. So much tension around here in New York. They want to fine you for every little thing you do.

Latrell Sprewell

#22. Your mind will give back exactly what you put into it.

James Joyce

#23. I want to make sure we are presenting to the South Australian people a Government that is open and accountable. I want to make sure that we maintain public confidence in government at all levels.

Jay Weatherill