Mats Wilander Quotes

I’ve gone past the stage where I feel pressure.

Svitolina moves a little bit better than Ostapenko but Ostapenko goes for it a little earlier in the rallies. The way she plays she can take you out of the equation.

If you don’t get tired or bored then there is something wrong with you – you are not human. People maybe don’t realize that. Players try to hide it and try to be the perfect role model, but it is not always so easy.

Andy Murray’s already done what is needed for British tennis, which is ignite it. There’s a person, there’s a player that kids want to be like.

The biggest mistake we usually tend to make with young players is over-coaching.

The conditions change so much at the French Open, you know, you have to be prepared for something you really don’t know what it is. You can practice in the morning and it’s fine, and the weather is great then you come to play in the afternoon and it is drizzly and the conditions are totally different.

I think it’s bad in a way for junior players and college players to feel they must be number one.

To me, there are only a few tournaments that are important. The Grand Slams, Davis Cup, the Swedish Open; that’s about it.

There is no such thing as bad luck in tennis. Just bad technique.

I couldn’t ever be a better player than I was in 1988.

Mladenovic knows how to use the power of the crowd.

It is basic, serve at the weak point of your opponent.

I always want to win when I play, but sometimes I just can’t get that interested all the time.

Everybody gets bored or rather emotionally flat sometimes, but most players are not so honest as Tomic. They have sponsors that need to be happy, and they want to keep the tour happy.

Some tournaments wouldn’t work as men’s and women‘s event but others would.

No absolutely not, I don’t have any regrets about anything I’ve done in my life I learn from my mistakes and without mistakes I wouldn’t be where I am today.

Sure, it comes with a lot of bonus rewards, whatever it may be, some of it may be financial. And it is great to have been No 1 in the world, when you get a bit older you can reflect on it. But I was No 1 in the world before I actually was No 1 in the world, in my mind at least.

There is no added pressure to play a Swede.

Federer can be off for six months but knows how to win matches.

When I was 14 I wasn’t even thinking of playing professional tennis. I was thinking of going to high school in Sweden then getting a job.

He didn’t have the best shots but the intensity of the match and the positive energy you got from playing Yannick Noah was something I didn’t get from anyone else.

I always feel that if you were the best in any generation, you most likely would have been close to the best in any other generation too.

I really enjoyed playing Yannick Noah – he was and still is my favourite. In the heat of the moment he was very fair and very physical. He was strong, big and he moved unbelievably well. He was also mentally tough.

I decided to work really hard in 1987. I hired Matt Doyle, a former pro player, and he helped me with my physical training. Lendl was the first to focus on that. He used to be weak, physically and mentally.

Borg had an American attitude, which I think is not so good. He only enjoyed winning and he was out of tennis when he was 26.

I started with the two-handed backand before Borg was famous.

I think every human being has good intentions in one aspect of life and some in every.

I love the freedom of the road.

The point in tennis is to take the ball as early as possible and take time away from your opponent.

I play the guitar.

Myself and Cameron Lickle travel around North America in an RV and we conduct tennis clinics in clubs.

Your game stalls when you assume you’re the finished product.

I still rate my first victory in the French Open at Roland Garros as my best win ever.

I’m a useless guitar-player. When I put myself in a band I immediately became its weakest part. I was like my forehand volley at tennis.

There’s definitely a lack of self-belief in many players, which is the only complaint I have about men’s tennis.

I’m a private person and being recognized makes me uncomfortable.

Usually if you haven‘t figured out how you want to play tennis yourself, it is hard to accept the failures of playing five sets.

In Sun Valley, people play tennis and then go for a hike. You should be too tired to go for a hike!

I was No 1 in the world but too much is made of it.

Nadal is just more at home on clay. It looks like he feels safer on clay courts. He can get to a few more balls, he can play a bit further behind the baseline when he defends, and he’s also able to get the ball to bounce higher. It’s unbelievable.

Wimbledon is not the easiest tournament in which to make a comeback.

The point is to win the biggest tournaments and beat the biggest guys head to head. Then, if the computer ranking works out that you are No 1 in the world so be it.

I have a better backhand than forehand.

If it doesn’t mean more to a normal human being like Dan Evans, who could change his life and career by winning not a gold but a bronze medal for Great Britain, if he doesn’t want to take that chance, I would say something is wrong with the Olympics in what it’s worth in tennis.

Nick Kyrgios, physically, is a monster. When he is on the court and he runs, he flies. And he has got a massive arm.

In 2015, there was no chance Djokovic would have an off day.

The really top guys play within themselves 99 percent of the time.

If an athlete like Michael Jordan played tennis, he would be the best – he’s flexible, not too bulky, and has unbelievable hand-to-eye coordination.

I am really impressed with Dominic Thiem’s patience at times.

The more happy you are off the court, the more you will get out of yourself on the court.