“The way I look at the top five, (Rod) Laver, (Roger) Federer, myself, Borg and (Ivan) Lendl. I think those five guys dominated their generations better than anyone. Maybe Roger will dominate better than any one of the other four. Maybe I put Andre (Agassi) as kind of six through 10 with, you know, (John) McEnroe and (Jimmy) Connors, kind of those guys. That's kind of how I see it.” ThinkingKnowsWayLooksKindGuyFiveFourGenerationsSixJimmyRogerFedererBorg Author:Pete Sampras
“Every procedure for getting a cat to take a pill works fine - once. Like the Borg, they learn.” FineCatPillsProceduresBorg Author:Terry Pratchett
“Tennis legend Bjorn Borg appeared in a Swedish TV ad urging Swedes to have more sex to solve the country's falling birth rate. America can help. This is a perfect opportunity to name Jesse Jackson ambassador to Sweden.” CountryHelpingAmericaFallOpportunityNamesSexPerfectTvsBirthRateSolveTennisLegendsAdsAmbassadorsSwedenSwedishBirth RateBorg Author:Argus Hamilton
“The real self and the public self are intertwined, like a tumor around an organ, and you can't cut the tumor or you'll kill the organ, so they live together, until the tumor chokes the organ off - but which self is the tumor?. Or it's like something out of Star Trek. The Borg.” RealSelfTogetherStarsCuttingOrgansChokeLike SomethingReal SelfIntertwinedTumorsBorg Author:Jonathan Ames
“I'm always on the look out for 'the good image'. I'm like The Borg (you know, Star Trek) inasmuch as I assimilate everything - but I like to think I'm working in the Pop Art tradition.” ThinkingKnowsLooksArtStarsTraditionPopsPop ArtBorg Author:Horace Panter
“The answer is for all of us to create our own systems, our own ideas, because vibrant independent ideas will trump this corporate, plastic Borg, this brainwashing they're trying to push. I mean, banning 'father' and 'mother,' banning the word 'husband' and 'wife,' I mean that's so cultic that if I'd of been told ten years ago they were gonna ban words like that, I wouldn't have believed it. They do it with straight faces. I mean, has the left, and of course the controlled-right as well, have they gone collectively insane on a control-freak bent? Or, is there a strategy?” IfsTryingYearsWellsMeanIdeasFacesMotherCoursesFatherLeftAnswersGoneWifeTrumpTenHusbandYears AgoIndependentStrategyInsaneCorporateControlledFreakPlasticBentBansHusband And WifeBrainwashingControl FreakStraight FaceBorg Author:Alex Jones
“As a kid I loved John McEnroe. They called me Mac because, while everyone else liked Borg, I was crazy about McEnroe. I tried wearing headbands and sweatbands, and whooping at people. It didn't quite work.” PeopleKidsCrazyMacsHeadbandsBorg Author:Sachin Tendulkar
“Bjorn Borg looks like a hunchbacked, jut-bottomed version of Lizabeth Scott, impersonating a bearded Apache princess.” LooksVersionsTennisPrincessBorg Author:Clive James
“Like a Volvo, Bjorn Borg is rugged, has good after-sales service, and is very dull.” TennisDullRuggedVolvoBorg Author:Clive James
“Borg's won Wimbledon four straight times and out there he has just lost an 18-16 tie breaker. You'd think maybe once he'd let up and say forget it. But oh, no way.” ThinkingWayLostForgetFourTiesTennisForget ItWimbledonBorg Author:John McEnroe
“In 1992, one of my dearest friends, Anita Borg, came to me with an idea: a conference featuring women Computer Scientists. The conference would celebrate their contributions to the field and to the world.” WorldIdeasFieldsComputerScientistCelebrateContributionConferencesDearest FriendBorg Author:Telle Whitney
“I had true rivalries. Not only did I want to beat my opponent, but I didn't want to let him up, either. I had a rivalry with Mac, Lendl, Borg. Everybody knew there was tension between us, on court and off. That's what's really ingrained in my mind: 'This is real. This isn't a soft rivalry.' There were no hugs and kisses.” WantMindRealKissingBeatsCourtOpponentsTensionHugRivalryMacsAnd OffBorg Author:Jimmy Connors
“Guys like John McEnroe, Bjorn Borg and Stefan Edberg were also very good grass court players.” GuyPlayerCourtVery GoodGrassBorg Author:Richard Krajicek