Top 66 Grigor Dimitrov Quotes

I believe that if you feel good and if you look good when you’re playing, it can give you the extra edge that you might need.

My dad taught me how to play tennis, and I owe that to him. But the better you get, the higher you climb, and the more lonely you get. I’ve had to sacrifice a lot of personal relationships, but that’s the choice I made.

I love design; to create stuff from ground zero is the best for me. I’m always so intense when I talk about that.

Tennis is great, but it doesn’t necessarily define me.

Sometimes confidence is everything.

I think the first step is definitely Top 5. From there, you can sort of see the end, and that’s the top. In order to do that, you need to win Slams and big tournaments. That’s just proven. There is no other way.

I think mental preparation is really important. Every day, you’ve got to imagine your goal.

I even remember the first contract I ever signed. I was 13 or 14… my dad said, ‘It’s your choice. It’s your life.’

I try and do whatever I want with my free time. I think having control of what you do is really important.

I like to stay away from that red carpet world unless I absolutely have to do it. I’d rather put on my Tom Ford suit and take a few pictures at home.

You have to forget you are playing against your idol, because the guy on the other side also wants to play better than you and beat you. I don’t think you should allow yourself to think like this when you go against any player.

I think 2014 was, like, throughout the whole year, I had this fantastic year.

I’m a very creative person in general. I like to create stuff in my downtime off the court.

I get that I can come across as a show-off, but that is part of who I am.

I have so many different interests in so many areas that sometimes I just need to chill, step back, and let it be.

It’s good to have a good teacher, but you always need a pretty good student.

I can play on grass – when I won Junior Wimbledon, that was an unbelievable feeling, I could not believe that I had won the tournament, as Wimbledon is like the holy place of tennis.

I never thought I was going to make a career out of tennis, to be honest, until I was 10 or 11 years old. One of my earliest memories is when I was seven, and I was competing against players that were three, four years older than me. I didn’t take it too seriously at the time. I was having a lot of fun.

It would be difficult to pick out one shot as my main strength, as I like all my shots, and I can do anything on any surface.

Tennis is very tough.

I’m just going to have to keep working on what I have to and keep chasing my goals.

Everything is customised, from my watches to my phone. I like my things to be different.

You’ve just got to take things the way they are and accept them and strive.

For me, I like that, how do you say, bohemian sort of look. Baggy sweaters to really fitted pants – I love Rick Owens’s stuff, for example. I am really into that kind of grungy style.

I have always been the kind of guy to adjust to anything. I never cared where I was going to sleep or what court I was going to practise on.

My father loved the single-handed backhand, so to him, that was the main goal; we were always fascinated by that shot. He taught me all the technique and how to structure my game. I was really privileged to have a father like that.

Who wouldn’t want to practice with the No. 1 player in the world?

The majority of decisions, I’ve always taken by myself.

The negative talk, everything that has been coming my way, I don’t care about it.

Sometimes, I have to beat myself first in order to beat the other guy. And that sucks. I’m not gonna lie. But that’s me.

My mom is a former volleyball player.

To be able to represent Nike as a brand is one thing, but to also represent the great players that came before me means a lot.

At some point in your life, you need to sit down and say, ‘What do I want to do? How do I want to be remembered? What’s my legacy? And what’s important to me?’

One of the scariest things for any athlete, I think, is pretty much the off season.

I don’t want to say ‘gullible,’ but when I saw someone, I always thought that person is the way they present themselves.

I like camouflage a lot.

I am always focusing on what I can do better for years down the line.

I’ve always felt that’s something I’m capable of doing – setting up a trend.

Sure, I can afford a nice car and a nice place, but this is not what brings me happiness. Now you’re on a high, and people know you and things like that, but how many people will remember your name once it all stops and the money isn’t raining from the sky?

Tennis players have the ugliest feet.

There’s a lot of distractions in New York.

I love tennis. But even if I become the greatest of all time, I still don’t only want to be defined by tennis. I’m my own person. And I want to be remembered as I really am.

I don’t like taking showers in the locker room after a match.

If you look good, it brings confidence.

I’ve always been a fighter. I can get pretty feisty sometimes.

Tennis is such a fun game. One of the things that I really like is that everything depends on you. Before certain matches, you might have those butterflies, but that’s the excitement. There’s a ton of emotion that you’re going through.

One tournament can change everything for you. You never know when that tournament might be.

Once the opportunities knock on your door, you’ve got to try and go get them. If it doesn’t happen, it doesn’t happen. But at the same time, you’ve got to keep going.

The biggest pressure is what I put on myself.

All I’m focused on is playing my game. Everything else will take care of itself.

After Wimbledon is one of the only times you can take time for yourself.

I know what I have to do in order to do good.

Trust me: it’s no fun where we’re on the fourth set, or you’ve got to serve second serve on a break point down.

I’m bad at going on vacation.

In the beginning, I thought the Federer comparisons were cool, but after a while, I wasn’t happy with it. It’s not the best thing you can hear as you’re trying to develop, as it puts extra pressure on a young kid.

I’ve always been a very easy-going person.

I’m a very good sleeper, especially during a tournament; I usually get eight hours a night, even before a big match.

It’s always tricky to play against a player who you’ve never played against.

I really believe that I can be the No 1, but for that to happen, I probably need to win a couple of grand slams, and they are not going to fall from the sky.

At some point, you have worked so hard in your life and your tennis that you don’t want to be too much up and down. You want to do what you have done and eventually get better.

The first time I heard ‘Baby Federer,’ I was maybe 16. After that, it sort of took off.

I want to create my own legend, my own trademarks.

At the end of the day, health above all.

Wimbledon is a very special tournament, and for me, it’s one of the best events.

I like clothes a lot.

We all know how to play tennis. We all know how to hit the ball. It’s more just about those details – managing all those early rounds and just managing yourself to make sure you’re ready for whatever is coming up next.