Frances Tiafoe Quotes

Once you are on court, it doesn't matter the way you look. It doesn't help you win points.

I'm getting more and more comfortable out on the golf course with the changes I've been making. It's really just a confidence thing in that I love being in contention.

I don't believe in luck. Not in golf, anyway. There are good bounces and bad bounces, sure, but the ball is round and so is the hole. If you find yourself in a position where you hope for luck to pull you through, you're in serious trouble.

I just keep it simple. Watch the ball and play it on merit.

Sometimes I play good shots, good rallies, and then there is hundreds of mistakes and not a good shot.

By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision.

Acting is like a game of tennis. The better your opponent, the better you're going to play.

When you are in a good position you are sure to drive well and to be very concentrated in each corner.

When the gun fires you must concentrate for every second on the way to that finish line. You should know exactly how long it will take you to and think about every step of the race you are about to run.

When I'm driving the race track, it's all about repetition.

On grass, it can be the small things that decide a match.

The biggest challenge to me is always technique.

Tennis is a big puzzle. It's not any more physical or mental; you have to have all the pieces first, and then you have to put all the pieces together. For me, it took me time.

I let my racket do the talking.

There are spots that I have to hit. Throws I can't miss.

I am trying to be a lot more careful - and to not miss easy balls.

As a player, I was always interested in tactics and how I can get better.

Why was I able to be able to pass? What did I do right that allowed me to make a pass - any given pass? There's balance; there's vision.

Obviously, if I start bowling more, I will get better. To bowl more, I must be effective whenever I get to bowl - it doesn't matter if it is the 40th or the 100th over.

The small details are important if you want to be a good player.

Sometimes spectacular things look really great, but when push comes to shove come fifth round, the basics, fundamentals and technical aspects are going to come into effect.

It doesn't matter how tough you are. It doesn't matter how smart you are or what a great leader you are. None of that stuff matters if you can't put the ball where you have to put it.

Even if we don't play fantastically, with good passing and precision and finesse, the most important thing is to win.

There's always room to improve, so I'm going to continue to improve on defense, offense, being consistent and continuing to play hard.

The bottom line is about the technique. The little things. Fine-tuning what we have to do. No matter who is out there, maybe theyre not going to be as good, quote-unquote, as the starters may be, but the bottom line for us is to make sure were doing the right things.