Richard Krajicek Quotes

I'd rather be able to play great tennis at a slam than make eight finals of little tournaments and then lose first round of a slam. That doesn't sound too good.

I was a professional athlete, the best baseball player in the world at one point.

I want to play my best tennis at the Grand Slams.

My best tennis at my peak was when I played a lot of matches.

I would not have an event before the majors. I would build them up. It very rarely happens that a player plays the week before, wins the event, and then goes on to win the slam.

There was a time where I was on top of the world, an Olympic hopeful.

I think when you can beat Novak Djokovic in the final of a Masters tournament, you are going to be OK.

I feel like I always win at least a round or two at every tournament. I don't go out in the first round too often.

Almost every Grand Slam, I'm in second week, which is pretty positive for me.

I'm really excited about Jordan Spieth. Like a great in any sport, when the moment is the biggest, he performs his best.

I work better under pressure. I was the local badminton champion when I was a kid, and there was another girl who used to thrash me for the five days leading up to the tournament and then I would just nail her to the floor in the competition.

The ultimate goal of any athlete in any sport is to become a true world champion.

It's a joke how tough it is to win a Slam.

Maybe for a guy like Zverev or Federer, you could say it's open a bit. For a guy like me, every match is tough, and I'm going to have to battle it out.

I played pretty well in my twenties, don't get me wrong! But my consistency is better [in my thirties], my momentum is better, my wins are quicker.

The footballer's career is very long and staying on the top for many years is always very difficult.

It's hard to win Grand Slams.

One of the biggest things I've worked on is how to play my best tennis every single time I walk on to the court.

When I'm healthy and competing, I'm just a different type of player. That's the type of player everyone fell in love with.

To beat Serena, she's world No. 1, so it's always tough to beat someone like this. She's never giving up. Even if she's losing, not playing her best, it's always tough to beat girls like this.

My one and only focus at the Olympic Games is to win a gold medal.

As a thrill in my career, the Olympics rank right up there with my two NCAA championships at Duke.

I think women's tennis is so open. Anyone in the top 30 can do damage in the big tournaments.

Serena is tough to beat; to get over her in the rankings is hard.

I want to play my best tennis and see how far I can go.