Nick Kyrgios Quotes

I let my racket do the talking. That's what I am all about, really. I just go out and win tennis matches.

This is a sport of a lot of knowledge, of knowing yourself well, knowing your soul and your spirit, your abilities both physically and mentally.

The second I was on the tennis court, I had the structure I wanted. I was in complete control of what I was doing.

I have always maintained that in basketball the importance of the mental to the physical is about four to one.

Tennis is mostly mental. Of course, you must have a lot of physical skill, but you can't play tennis well and not be a good thinker. You win or lose the match before you even go out there.

It doesn't matter the way you're playing, especially the beginning of a grand slam. It doesn't change anything.

Whenever I'm on the field, I'm another guy.

If you play tennis it is to have these moments, moments of adrenaline, where it gets dangerous. It is a bit masochistic.

I just go out and play my best tennis.

It's very frustrating when you don't always get the right kind of rub - you watch tennis and know if you play better than the other guy, you win. But that's the game we play. It can create mini-upsets.

A man will reveal his true self, or so it seems, on the tennis court.

With everything else that would swirl around me when I got involved in it, tennis was my main concern.

I'd much rather win in three or four sets than go the distance all the time; I seem to put everyone through the wringer quite a bit.

With athletes, it's never fully understood the level to which we push ourselves. Especially in an endurance sport.

You know, a lot of things changed. What never changed is the illusion to keep playing tennis, the illusion to keep doing well the things, and the illusion to be in a good position of the ranking and play these kind of matches.

I'm a guy that people look at me not only as a guy that hit the ball.

Powerful, quick and agile, Serena Williams thrives on winning.

A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players' performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical ability and his mental strength.

You're just trying to throw the best pitch you can and make sure you hit your spots. I don't have to force nobody.

When there's somebody racing side-by-side, when somebody's right next to me and they're pushing and we're both tired, we're both fatigued, I want to be able to beat them mentally.

Roddick has good presence on the court and has so much adrenalin.

We were pretty darn good - fit and ready to play - but today's level is different. Those ground strokes are ever so much faster, coming back at you at a pretty good speed. Footwork-wise, you've got to be ready to hit that next shot. It's a tough time.

I've never felt overmatched on the baseball field. I've always been a very strong, dominant position.

You can't give away points and games against someone like Murray. You're not going to make it to the top with that kind of effort.

When I raced, I had great parents, even a greater coach and a nutritionist. I was never insecure.