Mats Wilander Quotes

I'm going to have to pick my shots and play great tennis.

In a sport that's as close as tennis, I feel like anything that you can do to give yourself an edge is definitely worth doing.

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.

Tennis is a battle of the minds, just as much as it is a battle of playing ability. Trying to expose your opponent's weaknesses is one of the most vital and fascinating facets of tennis.

You have to defeat a great players aura more than his game.

It's not a break until you hold your serve.

What's important is to get into the pitcher's head: to know what he's made of.

Like many men who play tennis, when I hit a ball into the net, I tend to look daggers at my racket, reproaching it for playing so badly when I myself have been trying so hard.

There are some guys you have problems beating because of their style - I always had difficulties with guys like Michael Chang and Andre Agassi because their returns were so good and they played so well in defence.

That's match play. You've got to get lucky. You've got to try to catch somebody on a down day when you have a down day.

It's more a tennis problem than a mental problem. The transition is difficult. It depends how much time you have. Playing on grass can sometimes be a bit of a lottery.

You've got to take the initiative and play your game. In a decisive set, confidence is the difference.

Roddick can challenge him as well if he serves big consistently for the entire match. If he does that, then he is tough to break even for a guy like Federer.

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.

Sometimes when you get to the press conferences, you hear you're going to play this person in the semifinals, and in the quarters, you're going to play her. And I'm like, 'Hold on a second.' First of all, you have to make it there. Second, your opponent needs to make it there. It looks easier on paper than it is in real life.

It's good when you're out there on a tennis court. There's nowhere to hide. It's all you, tactically, physically, mentally.

In match play, you don't ever want to play anybody that you know just because you don't want to send them home, but you don't want to go home yourself, either.

I think more of my tennis is more to do with the mental side of things rather than technique or, you know, tactics or anything like that.

I can't be getting off my game. I need to be getting teams off their games.

I'm certainly not the tallest girl on the tour, so I know that I have to sort of try and match the girls in the way. I know, for me, it's trying to be super aggressive, especially off the first ball in the rally.

If any player in the world tells you he doesn't care about what the opponents do, he is lying.

Fortunately, the way I play tennis, I don't have to spend too much time analyzing or worrying about my opponents. I typically try to focus on my own game, and I know if I do that and execute, I can beat anyone.

I'm trying not to focus on the height of my opponent, just to play my tennis and to open the angles because it's the most important.

On grass, many players can be dangerous because one break can decide a whole set.

Against Novak and Rafa, you have balls to hit, but they are so physically really tough. And Roger, he just takes position in the court. He tries to go forward all the time, go for the winners. Then you just don't play tennis against him.