Top 66 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Quotes

I like to be in Le Mans during the summer, of course because I have my family over there but also because the nature is just beautiful at this time and it’s in the country. There is a relaxing spirit in this place.

When you have the ball above the net height on grass, it’s easier to play, and when the ball comes at you more slowly, it’s easier to play. But when a guy hits hard and deep, I think you have to have been out there playing to understand, but it’s hard to really hit the ball.

Janowicz is more than just a big server. He moves well, has a fantastic forehand and good hands.

It’s something powerful to receive all this love. In the street. In Congo, everywhere. But it’s also hellish at the same time. When all that comes at you from one day to the next, it’s really destabilizing.

Stupidity cannot be controlled, only contained.

One of my goals was to be in the top 100 – just once!

People have a different impression sometimes because of the way I’m on court, but outside, I’m nothing like that.

Sometimes I’m able to buy magazines like the GQ.

When you play a big server, you are under enormous pressure on your own serve because you cannot afford to be broken. That causes a lot of players to panic: you see double faults or tentative serves. It’s all in the mind, but it still happens.

The court is where I can express something that I’ve got deep inside me.

I played soccer and could have probably made it to the top league.

Yannick, for me, is an example, an example for all the French players. We all want to taste ourselves what he was able to taste first.

I love skateboarding and rollerblading, but I’m not really allowed to do it because of my tennis.

I love being able to pass from a feeling of euphoria to one of calm and serenity.

When I need to get into details, I like French. But when I want to do something stronger, English is better. The swear words are stronger in English. And on the court, ‘Allez!’ is light. ‘Come on!’ That’s strong.

My parents taught me not to complain, to always go forward. They taught me to always finish what I had on my plate. It seems ridiculous but these are little things that in the end make you stronger.

I have a lot of respect for who beats me and that’s it.

I actually like to kid around and laugh, and on the court I do like to put on a show.

Everybody’s expecting a lot from me.

I have a bit two overlapping personalities. I have my African half that gives me the hot blood and the warmth and the exuberance, and then I have my French side, which is quite a bit more reserved. It’s not always easy to reconcile the two.

Among the things I love about London is that there is a lot of green space and that the buildings are not very tall.

I do a lot of conditionning in the off season with my coach but there a lot of exercise and they are specific to each individual.

Whether at the Olympic Games or during a Davis Cup tie I am extremely proud and honored to represent my country.

I like to dress fashionably, it’s great.

I think my best friends are my team-mates in Davis Cup. We have been growing up together since we were 11 or 12.

Well, we’re working hard all the time. We have ambitions.

I’ve progressed in many areas.

Sports, it’s beautiful, because you can always do something.

It’s not only what happens on the court that makes us the players we are; it’s also everything that happens outside the court.

Sometimes you cannot do anything because the guy in front of you is playing well and he’s doing the right things to make you play in a bad way.

Well, I like characters, players with personality, I don’t like flat people.

You know, the girls, they are more unstable emotionally than us. I’m sure everybody will say it’s true, even the girls.

Tennis runs in cycles. There are victories. There are disappointments.

I try to be consistent in my work, and I’m sure it will give me some rewards.

Sometimes I play against a player who has a lot of support and I win.

Don’t spend your time dreaming, live life now.

My parents always taught me not to be a good tennis player or the best in what I’m doing, but to be polite.

Not everybody can beat the players I beat.

Of course, I believe injury has stopped me winning more tournaments.

If you play tennis it is to have these moments, moments of adrenaline, where it gets dangerous. It is a bit masochistic.

I think the most important is to remain as stable and consistent as possible in terms of emotions, because when you’re working, if you work well, you’re always rewarded at some point.

When you play against Roger, it’s always special. First, because you play in a big area, in a big stadium anyway. And every time the crowd is for him, so it’s quite a good sensation.

I’m not the most talented on the tour but I like to go to war.

I enjoy every time on the court.

It’s important to stay normal and live in the real world. I know this is where you find happiness.

I have been regularly confronted with racism, very regularly, and since my earliest childhood.

I would have liked to have been a pro firefighter.

Having a child changes your priorities. I am convinced, for me, it will be something very positive and give me even more motivation.

I am black and white.

It is extremely important to play for your country.

When you get on to fresh grass courts you always know that they might be a bit slippery but you have to adjust accordingly.

I’ve had good results on clay during my junior years and I enjoy playing on clay to the opposite of what many media can say.

Mikhail Youzhny likes the grass and has plenty of weapons to hurt you with.

I never set any limits on my results.

In regular life, I’m somebody pretty simple, pretty calm.

It’s quite a good feeling when you win against 10,000 people.

I enjoy playing on grass and I enjoy being in London.

You need the life of a champion. It’s always useful to have people around you who can help you doing that.

I think the best match I played was against Roger Federer in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in 2011, especially because I won this match after being two sets down.

When I fly, it takes me two, three days to recovery, to be good physically.

It is always something special to play Roger.

I travel so much that my idea of a good holiday is spending time at my home in Nyon, Switzerland.

The most important for me, it’s to fight, give my best on court until the last point.

For me it is always fun to be on the court, and fight, and try to get every ball.

I give a lot of myself every day. I never get rewards. That’s why sometimes, it’s tough.

I hope I will have a family. A house, with a garden, will be nice. And I would love a barbecue! Just very simple things and a passion to work hard.