Motivation Quote by Boris Becker

For an athlete whose career was built on feeling like the main character in other people’s arenas, Boris Becker’s love letter to London reads less like travel prose and more like identity management. “My favourite city in the world” isn’t just sentiment; it’s a public claim of belonging. When you’re perpetually introduced as the German champion, saying you “feel at home” in London quietly renegotiates the borders around you.

The line works because it’s modest on the surface and loaded underneath. “I go to London” frames the city as a chosen destination, not a duty stop on the circuit. Then the pivot: “and I feel at home.” That “and” does heavy lifting, turning movement into refuge. For elite athletes, home can be slippery: you’re celebrated in one country, taxed in another, photographed everywhere, and always on to the next tournament. Becker is naming the fantasy that somewhere in the churn there’s a place that receives you without paperwork.

Context matters. Becker’s most iconic triumphs are tied to Wimbledon, a London-adjacent institution with its own mythology of tradition, class codes, and earned anointment. For a young, explosive outsider to be embraced there is to be given a kind of honorary citizenship. The subtext is gratitude, yes, but also a subtle flex: London didn’t just host him; it validated him. Even now, the phrase reads like a bid for stability and a reminder that his legend lives most comfortably on those grass courts and that city’s applause.