In 1985 Boris-mania started in Germany when 17-year-old Boris Becker won Wimbledon for the first time. During the tournament my father always told me "Boris is in the quarter-final", "Boris is in the semi-final" and so on. I had no idea how tennis tournaments were organized, so I believed quarter final, semi final and final were all the ranks a player could reach in his entire career. I thought Boris was very successful reaching this in two weeks at the age of 17!!!
By the way, I believed his opponent (Kevin Curran from South Africa) was called Curren Curren.. ;)
A childhood belief about sport
others believed things like this
- I thought that a quarter hour was 25 minutes long, since a quarter was worth $0.25.— Crystal
- I used to believe that a quarter after the hour was 25 minutes after the hour because 25 cents = a quarter.— Marni
- I used to think that semi truck drivers could pull you over and give you a speeding ticket.— Wolff
- I used to believe that The Quarter moon was God's fingernail clippings— Brandon
- i used to think that a'quarterback' was some guy who ran around with a giant quarter on his back! i was dumb— :]
- I used to believe that semi trucks were cement trucks, and that actual semis were just big trucks.— Joe Schmoe