Mats Wilander Quotes

Nobody despises to lose more than I do. That's got me into trouble over the years, but it also made a man of mediocre ability into a pretty good coach.

As a tennis player, you have to get used to losing every week. Unless you win the tournament, you always go home as a loser. But you have to take the positive out of a defeat and go back to work. Improve to fail better.

Of course I cannot win all the matches, but just to play my game.

You can lose games, but when you look back on the games you lose, you must be, 'Okay, we lost, but we did everything to win it.'

I did everything I could except win. I feel fine. I just played bad at a big time.

I want to run every race with a big heart.

I have no sense of humor about losing

Competing at the highest level is the greatest test of one's character.

One of the beautiful things about baseball is that every once in a while you come into a situation where you want to, and where you have to, reach down and prove something.

You always want to win. That is why you play tennis, because you love the sport and try to be the best you can at it.

As soon as I step on the court I just try to play tennis and don't find excuses. You know, I just lost because I lost, not because my arm was sore.

Tension is the greatest curse in sport. I've never had any tension. You give the best you have - you win or lose. What's the difference if you give all you've got to give?

I love to win; but I love to lose almost as much. I love the thrill of victory, and I also love the challenge of defeat.

If you got anything to you at all as an athlete and a competitor, you don't care what the circumstances are. You still got competition.

As an athlete, success is not just about winning; it is about working hard and giving it all you have. I have always taken one match at a time and worked hard; when I succeeded, I worked further on the aspects of the game which worked for me; when I failed, I listed out my weaknesses and worked on them.

I would cry after losses when I was a kid and pout. But I played like that.

I don't mind getting beaten, but I hate to lose.

Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.

Every player feels differently about playing football. We are all different people. I am the type who wants to win all the time. I hate to lose.

Being a competitor, you always believe you can come back. I'll be up at 3 in the morning watching World Cup races in my hotel whether I'm in Asia on a business trip or in New York City and have to get up in 2 hours.

I went on and was still able to play some good hockey.

The day I'm not improving will be the day I hang up the racket.

I just try to stay positive and focused on the tennis, not let anything get to me, like crazy questions. But I'm tough, let me tell you, tough as nails.

I'm very easy-going off court, but I really want to win once I'm walking on to the court.

I can't be casual about losing. I always think I have a chance to win until winning is absolutely impossible.