Jo-Wilfried Tsonga Quotes

My weakness is hitting it straight under pressure.

Tennis is an individual sport, and I am quite a self-conscious person.

There is a fear of emotion in tennis.

When I was playing football, I always felt in complete control. When I play golf and come under pressure, it's a completely different ball game.

As far as the anxiety, I have no idea about it. I don't feel like I have any nervousness out there. I'm just a guy who really cares about being competitive and that's the bottom line.

A lot of guys who have never choked have never been in the position to do so.

Everybody has some part of their game that is easily influenced to choke.

I think I'm always nervous, even if I play not on the center court.

I don't put myself under huge pressure because if I don't play well at one grand slam, I know there's another one just a couple of months away.

It's not only about a game and tennis, but it's more about the mental things sometimes.

Every match that I have, I always feel like I'm more nervous than the last one.

Football is constant pressure, from day to day. You need to know how to live with that.

You have to bury nerves, because they can either destroy you or give you that extra boost. You have to use your nerves in a good way. Don't let them destroy you.

You lose weeks of sleep over a bad game, and a bad game could be one missed kick. So the ones you make, you just try to build on the confidence with it, and the ones you miss, you try to get it out of your head as quickly as possible and try to make the next one.

I just thought at Wimbledon I was very nervous.

For me, that's the biggest thing, if something holds me back it's my mental game so I really tried to focus on that and just worked on that.

I perform better under pressure. If I go out there, and I'm not nervous, and I'm too relaxed, I don't like that vibe. I like big matches. I like pressure situations.

A bit of nervousness is essential as in a way it helps you deliver your best.

In the end, success in a shoot-out is being able to perform a particular skill under pressure.

The mental part of the game, being able to free up on the tennis court, is much easier said than done.

At a track, it's different, there's pressure, things like this, so to be yourself is a bit different.

Any match you face, you know, you can be nervous.

Nerves, stress and the pressure to perform are a part of life. You don't have to conquer these feelings; just learn to live with them.

There are many moments during a match when you are tense, wrestling with yourself. Tennis is a lesson in self-control.

I am scared easily, here is a list of my adrenaline - production: 1: small children, 2: policemen, 3: high places, 4: that my next movie will not be as good as the last one.