Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Frances Tiafoe - Page 2

I don't let it get to my head because there have been plenty of good juniors that haven't made it to the big stage.

I think Kevin Durant being that humble is huge.

I want to really change people's lives with what I do for a living.

It was not until I got sponsored at 12 that I finally owned a racket.

Being the number one seed, you're thinking you don't want to lose in the second round.

There was always a purpose in what I did on the court because at the end of the day, my parents, they sacrificed for me and my brother. I had to do it for them.

I have fun when it's the right time to have fun, but when I lock in for practice and matches, I'm not worried about fun.

I don't think our priority should be on immigrants. Obviously, they come to the States for a better life, so the last thing they want to do is rob a bank or do something bad.

When I told people that I wanted to grow up to be a tennis player, they laughed at me. My dad has always been supportive, but he was laughing, too.

I know it's a cliche to say, 'There isn't anything you can't do if you believe,' but that's something I subscribe to, even if it's corny.

Some days, obviously, I am like 'Today is not the day,' but you got to push through, especially when my aspirations are to be pro, you can't have any bad days.

Since I was like eight, I always wanted to be playing pro tennis.

USTA helps me out a lot, the Tennis Center. I can't thank them enough.

While turning pro had a lot of upside, for me, it could also have turned out to be a disaster.

I just want to be great.

I don't want to be playing on Court 17 for the rest of my life.

It's Roger Federer - this guy has about a million Grand Slams and done everything.

People in tennis, they've been in a certain bubble for so long they don't even know who they are, because obviously it's just been tennis, tennis, tennis. And let it be just tennis, tennis, tennis. Be locked into that. But when tennis is done, then what? It's kinda like: Let's enjoy being great at the sport.

Playing in a main draw Grand Slam is something you dream about as a kid.

I was born into a poor family but my family's good. I'm good and I'm going to do something great.

There are a bunch of young players coming up and doing incredible stuff.

Hopefully my era can help build the game.

I'm a pretty good problem solver.

My mom actively did not want me to play professionally.

I've played so many matches in my career so far where I played unbelievable, came up just short.

When I met Jay-Z and Beyonce I was in awe, stuttering like crazy. This guy grew up in the projects and he and Beyonce are a billionaire couple. The empires they've built, affecting so many lives, is unbelievable.

I had a lot of Pokemon Pikachu t-shirts on court and hand-me-downs from other kids.

I want young kids to play tennis because of me.

My parents were hardworking and still are. Everything I do is for them and the family.

I try to treat everyone with love and respect. If you do that, you get the same back, if not more.

My mom, she wanted me to go to college and then after that you could do what you want.

Love the people that want to support you, love the people who are there for you, because you definitely earned that right.

The U.S. Open is so special, and I'm not even saying that as an American. I just can't envision a better atmosphere.

It's hard to win Grand Slams.

The thing is, everybody wants to be famous. Everybody wants to be successful. Everybody wants to be that dude, but not everybody wants to do the work for it. And I think that's probably one of the reasons why there's so many juniors and only a couple that make it. Because I really wanted it. I wanted it real bad.

I want to win titles like Delray and even bigger.

Serena's arguably the best athlete of all time, so getting to know her was surreal.

My academy did a great job of getting my story out there for people to hear about me, get interested and wanted to fund me.

You can't forget your roots.

As far as myself, I want to see myself hold a Grand Slam, be at the top of the game.