Top 34 Quotes & Sayings by Steffi Graf

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Last updated on April 17, 2025.

Stefanie Maria "Steffi" Graf is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 for a record 377 weeks and won 22 major singles titles, the second-most since the start of the Open Era in 1968 and third-most of all-time. In 1988, Graf became the first tennis player to achieve the Golden Slam by winning all four major singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year. Furthermore, she is the only tennis player, male or female, to have won each major tournament at least four times.

German - Athlete | Born: June 14, 1969

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I am a person who sticks to her word.

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 still take it seriously, but once I go out there I think I've got more relaxed and I think it shows.

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

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

Steffi Graf

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

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

Steffi Graf

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

Steffi Graf

I never look back, I look forward.

Steffi Graf

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

Steffi Graf

Grass is a surface I have always loved, Wimbledon is a tournament I have always loved.

Steffi Graf

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 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

I suppose it's amazing how quick life goes by when you have children.

Steffi Graf

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

Steffi Graf

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.

Steffi Graf

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

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

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

Steffi Graf

I appreciate very much being injury-free.

Steffi Graf

If you watch Rafael Nadal play tennis, you can only respond with amazement and great admiration. He is an incredible athlete with so much discipline, so much concentration and someone who likes to put a lot of passion into every point. Words fail to come out of me to describe his game appropriately. I've rarely seen anyone who approaches a ball with so much attention. With such passion and joy that it makes great fun to watch him. With him, you can associate everything that makes tennis so beautiful.

Steffi Graf

As long as I can focus on enjoying what I'm doing, having fun, I know I'll play well.

Steffi Graf

Sometimes I wish I could have been a bit more relaxed, but then I wouldn't have been the same player.

Steffi Graf

Ive been taught very early on that if you want to win a tournament youve got to beat anybody, and hopefully I play well and enjoy it.

Steffi Graf

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

Steffi Graf

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

Steffi Graf

You can't measure success if you have never failed. My father has taught me that if you really do want to reach your goals, you can't spend any time worrying about whether you're going to win or lose. Focus only on getting better.

Steffi Graf

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

Steffi Graf

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

Steffi Graf

Tennis has always been a big challenge to me and to be able to play that kind of tennis - well, only tennis can produce these feelings for me.

Steffi Graf

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

Steffi Graf