Denis Shapovalov Quotes

If I'm going to be out there, I want to be in the top 10 and really have a chance of winning a Grand Slam.

Knowing that guys are out there improving and trying to take it to that next level, that gives me fire to improve my play and work on these little things that can keep me from dominating a game.

Competition is something that brings you to the next level because if you have no competition, and you know you are starting week in, week out, it takes a little bit of the quality.

We're involved in racing because there's that element of competition. But there's that desire to push yourself beyond the natural comfort zone and the boundaries that are preset if you like, and to be better than the rest.

It is nice to have valid competition; it pushes you to do better.

Every race is not perfect; there are obviously a lot of things I can improve on at the end of the race.

Nicol has great potential and there is a huge gap between her and the rest of the juniors. She needs to concentrate full time on the professional circuit from now on and it is the only way for her to realize her potential.

I've always had a strong start, but the start in boardercross is so important. And if you're not getting better, you're getting worse.

It's always imperative to improve and to remain dynamic - or you'll become lunch, as opposed to serving it.

No tennis player is perfect. Even if you're world #1, I don't think, you still have things to improve on, and I'm not even close to that. So I am going to have weaknesses in my game; I am going to have strengths in my game, but I still have time to develop a lot of things, hopefully, and we'll see how it goes.

I always had to keep improving my skills in order to remain competitive and keep winning.

When you are not practicing, someone else is getting better.

The only thing 'championship' about Wimbledon is its prestige.

I think when you've played at the level that I've played, anything outside the top 10 in certain aspects is just a number, unless you're obviously trying to get into tournaments and stuff.

I trained with a few Olympic runners and jumpers. Just to try to get a little bit faster, a little bit better. Anything I could do to try to get a little bit better and stay ahead of the competition.

It's great when you can challenge yourself against the top players in tense situations. I've always enjoyed it.

When you're in a sport like speed skating where the clock gives you the results, there is always a faster goal or a personal best to beat.

It's all about practice and more practice. Travel to tournaments, play in them, watch other players.

For me, it's always been about continually challenging myself and continually figuring out how to go down the hill faster.

One of the things we recognized coming out of 2015 is we had to get more and more high-level competition.

When I'm practising on my own, my game feels great, but there's a big difference between practising on your own and playing against people.

Any time I'm not capable of going out there and practicing - missing - is never something to be happy about, unless it's a day off. But missing a day of - really work - it can be frustrating because somebody out there is getting better. I'm not.

I try to focus on more winning matches here and try to go forward rather than the ranking because is the first step, to win matches, getting far in tournament, and we see after.

I'm working with elite players, and they test and challenge you.

Being world No 1 would be fantastic but you'd like to do it by finishing the year as No 1 without anything happening off the table to someone else's ranking.