Alex de Minaur Quotes

Knowing some guys are way bigger than you, way faster than you, you have to find other ways to do what you want to do.

Life will force you to make changes you never wanted to make.

When I was 5 and playing against 11-year-olds, who were bigger, stronger, faster, I just had to figure out a way to play with them.

I have to use other things to help my tennis, like my brain. But I believe that, even when your muscles are not so fast, with the brain and with concentration you can compensate.

All the stuff that you visualized that was going to work so beautifully, you discover is trashed, so you jump to something else.

Resilience is accepting your new reality, even if it's less good than the one you had before.

I will become the greatest, because all travellers have to be able to adapt. That quality, adaptability, is essential to that way of life. Not many boxers have it but I can adapt before a fight to the opponent, during the fight if necessary.

There's different ways to win in this league. It's not always going to be pretty.

There are periods when you feel really good. You feel the ball is bigger. The court is larger. You feel like you can't miss. And then there are periods when you feel, 'OK, I'm not feeling great.' But I still need to try to find a way to win.

Every day, you got to do adjustments. Every pitch. You got to do what it takes.

Some games don't go the way you want them to go, but you still have to find a way to win.

Don't worry about what happens when things go wrong; just accept that they're going to, and figure out how do you want to cope with it when it does.

There will be ups and downs. Other teams will adapt to us, but everything will be OK in the end. We know we have to learn everything perfectly for this to work.

I never let my size matter, just like Dustin Pedroia.

Football is always moving and you've got to keep up with it.

I was always smaller and slower than everybody else, so I had to figure out other ways to be successful. Some people can survive on their athleticism; I had to survive on my brain.

I think me having one hand made me work even harder than many other people.

In the music business, there's a lot of criticism and rejection. If you embrace it, you'll be better off when the adjustment comes.

I'm sure that everyone has been in a situation in their lives where they've had to change their game plan.

Most of the time, it's easy for us basketball players to adjust to our situation.

I feel like after my incident, it really made me realize football is not here forever. I'm all the more anxious to come out here and let my teammates know, 'Look, hey, this is the same JPP. Missing fingers aren't going to stop me from playing some ball.'

When I went to Le Havre, I wasn't physically ready. I was skinny and not strong enough to play in a tough league. They told me to go back to the second team. I was very disappointed, but maybe that helped me to be the way I am now.

You can't always have your way. Sometimes life is going to go a different direction. But you've got to learn how to adjust, and you've got to learn how to deal with it.

Just being away from home was the toughest bit. Battling injuries, going to tournaments, and not even playing was tough, but they're not really big problems.

Sometimes the ball isn't always going to bounce your way. But you've got to find a way to affect the game.