Frances Tiafoe Quotes

I caught the U.S. Open a couple of times, but, man, I would love to catch Wimbledon and watch Nadal - he is the king of all kings.

I've pictured winning the U.S. Open a lot of times before.

There's no better stage than the U.S. Open for me

Winning a Grand Slam is not something I'll think about.

Baseball represents family. It represents my childhood.

My mom was a great tennis player, and I remember being six or seven years old watching Steffi Graf and Monica Seles in Wimbledon in my house. I've always been a tennis fan.

As a youngster, I really enjoyed watching cricket.

The U.S. Open was something I loved.

Of course, I want to win a Grand Slam.

My favorite tournament is the U.S. Open because the atmosphere is great.

Most of the time after the US Open, it is kind of like you are trying to finish strong. But to do it five years and maybe six is something that has never been done before, so it is a huge challenge.

I loved being on set when I was younger.

Growing up in Poland, I didn't have the experience of going to Disneyland as a child, so I don't have any childhood memories connected to it, good or bad.

I would say my first golf memory was asking who Arnold Palmer was when he was always on the Pennzoil commercials. When I was a little kid I watched a lot of sports, but I didn't watch a lot of golf, and this guy was always on a tractor.

I have been listening to sport and watching sport on the BBC since I was a tiny boy.

I will have won Wimbledon this year in 2013, and I will stop with that. It was magnificent. You will certainly see me at tournaments again, but not playing.

We were just a gaggle of kids, and everybody played together and had a good time. You know how kids can be completely horrible - abusive but fun. But anyway, it was a nice childhood.

I don't remember a single thing in my childhood that was not related in some way to building.

Being a kid during the '80s, I feel I didn't really get the full experience.

I want to win a major, and hopefully I can win the four majors in one year.

I went to Wimbledon before I could walk. It's just been a lifelong passion.

Then again, I think about high school every day and I think about being a little kid every day too.

I don't really know why I started playing as a kid, but I grew up in Queens, New York, not too far from Forest Hills, where they played the U.S. Open in those days. I even got to be a ball boy there. Also, there was a tennis court just a block away from our house, and I'd hang out down there.

Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.

The walls of our upstairs hallway testify that we once had photogenic children. There are rows of framed pictures that show them playing baseball, basketball, holding a toad, and smiling in the sunlight at their eager parents. Everything is orderly and bright.