Rod Laver Quotes
Former Australian Tennis Player
What everyone thinks about Rod Laver?
Andy has to be able to play steady, not defensively necessarily but keeping the ball rolling, but he has access to a great backhand, which he hits extremely well down the line and he probably didn't do as much of that as he could against Roddick. The rest of his game stayed defensive and he could have pushed and used his groundstrokes a little more severely.
— Rod Laver on Andy Murray / July 06, 2009
I certainly thought that Roger would be the odds on to repeat a Grand Slam in the same year... But it hasn't happened... Nadal came along and pushed him back. I think he would have won a Grand Slam if Rafa wasn't there.
— Rod Laver on a career Grand Slam for Federer / July 05, 2009
What Laver did is God-like, To win all of the in the same year twice - how do you argue with that? At the same time, Federer could have done it in a pretty intense era. He could have done it a couple of times. So for him to get over the line here, how could you argue anybody had done something better than he has?
— Andre Agassi on Rod Laver and Roger Federer / June 2009
I don't think you can compare eras. You can be dominant performer of your time, but I don't think anyone has the title of best ever.
— Rod Laver on the greatest tennis player of all time
Laver is arguably the best tennis player ever to swing a racket.
— Christopher Clouser on inducting Rod Laver in the International Tennis Hall of Fame
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