“I didn't aspire to be a good sport; "champion" was good enough for me.”
As quoted in Tennis Confidential: Today's Greatest Players, Matches, and Controversies (2003) by Paul Fein, p. 146
Fred Perry war ein britischer Tischtennisspieler, Tennisspieler und Modeschöpfer. Er gewann einmal die Tischtennisweltmeisterschaft, dreimal in Folge das Wimbledon-Turnier im Tennis und stand dort ein weiteres Mal im Finale. Wikipedia
“I didn't aspire to be a good sport; "champion" was good enough for me.”
As quoted in Tennis Confidential: Today's Greatest Players, Matches, and Controversies (2003) by Paul Fein, p. 146
As quoted in Winning Words : Classic Quotes from the World of Sports (2008) by Michael Benson, p. 181