Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Quotes

I'm a winner; I win most of the time. But in order to be a winner, you have to lose some of the time. I'm a terrible loser.

But just maybe sometimes being even more patient. Even though I thought I did that much better this year, and sometimes, you know, make my opponents play that one extra ball, and just knowing how to play the big points better.

Simulated disorder postulates perfect discipline; simulated fear postulates courage; simulated weakness postulates strength.

Strength is leading when you just don't want to lead.

After I lost the first set, I was like, 'OK, I need to get help because I can't play this way.'

You might not feel good, and you might not want to practice, but you still go out there and practice as hard as you can.

Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.

On the field, aggression can sometimes be a positive emotion. It boosts performance and can lift your game. But over the years, I have learnt that restrained aggression is a better animal. That way, you will conserve your energy and won't spend yourself quickly.

A winner never whines.

Mental toughness is a lifestyle. It's something that you live every single day of your life. When I was growing up, I was a lazy kid. I was a lazy kid, and everybody goes, 'How did you get to where you're at today? How did you get to where you're running 200 miles at one time in 39 hours? Being so disciplined?'

Every day, you got to do adjustments. Every pitch. You got to do what it takes.

Being patient has made me a more precise fighter.

I've learned that the key is to fight with no pressure.

It comes with experience and learning and knowing the game. It's not necessarily about sticking your chest out and saying, 'I'm tough.'

If the run game's not working, you'll most likely succeed in the pass game, and even if there's a game where the run game and the pass game's not working, you've got to find a way to continue to win. You can't get too caught up in one play. You can't get too caught up one quarter or one drive.

I learned I can't not be at full strength and fight.

As an international cricketer, you have to keep reinventing the wheel, being consistent is part of it.

The only way I know to get out of disappointment is to work hard, keep doing the right things, and don't make any rash decisions.

I'd rather be an athlete than a fighter, an athlete is going to go there and figure out the ways to win, see the holes in the game.

When I have difficulties, I will not complain.

Sometimes things don't go exactly as you'd wish. You have to be mentally strong to overcome those moments.

I have my moments when I am down and low. But I gather myself when decisions are to be taken.

I'm a big enough lad now to know that I should just get over it and do what I have to do, by getting out on the training pitch and correcting the faults.

The one opinion that experience does for you is it keeps you cool, calm, and collected under pressure.

The teams that you come across, they are not physically super-human, they are just very good. So it is asking what do we about that. How do we take on the challenge?