Top 118 Quotes & Sayings by Gael Monfils
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a French athlete Gael Monfils.
Last updated on November 8, 2024.
If you want to do big things, it's never easy.
It's always something special with me. You never know how and what I can do on the court. I think that's why the people like that, a little bit a mystery part of me.
Well, sometimes I just feel like I want a Coke, you know? And I drink a Coke.
When you change, you change with what you got. What I got is my speed. I got a little bit of my instinct and flair.
God gave me such great abilities, and sometimes that's a strength and sometimes it's not a strength. It's just the way it is.
It's not easy to recover from jet lag.
I think I'm a guy always pumped up.
For me tennis is a sport, you know? It's not a job, it's a sport.
I create music; I create painting; I create whatever I want to create. I create, what you say, clothes. I create, I don't know, dance move. I create anything.
I think I know how to try to play the best, and to play the best sometime is to improve.
Everybody's talking a lot in my ear, so it's tough sometimes. I try to stay with my team in my bubble.
When the guy is too good - you know, playing clean and you're playing very bad, I mean not that good - you need to change.
When I fight for a cause and I know it, I fight for it. I'm not scared to say something. I think some tennis player, maybe they're a bit scared, whatever is the reason. Definitely, some athletes, they fight for big cause. They speak it loud. I think it's great. It's great for sport. It's great for life.
Like all designers, sometimes my mood can be very flashy, but sometimes it can be dark. Or happier. It all depends on my mood.
I think everything I do in my life I try to have fun, and I try to be creative on the tennis court, outside the tennis court.
Basically every match I receive some racist comment, and you can cross some racist person.
I'm just saying sometimes great to play smaller court, with the crowd very close. We can feel their energy, the passion, yeah, the love in it. I love it, to be honest. It's great.
I'm happy. I'm always with a smile.
Social media is a big part of our job.
France is my home.
Any energy, I take it. Even if it's for me or not for me, I take it.
I always ran very fast and jumped very high but when I was about thirteen it was more of a choice between football and tennis, and I went for tennis.
Well, I'm never on time.
Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Luis Suarez all play at a really impressive level and are consistently excellent.
I think it is never easy to play a quarterfinal against a French guy, you know.
I loved cars when I was younger, now not as much as I grew up a little bit. But I still enjoy driving.
Grass is not natural for me, but I am getting better. I have to focus on not falling, not injuring myself. I cannot take off as fast as I want to and I have problems braking.
When you have movies who help, who give belief and show strength, it's good.
I think when I dive on the court, I dive not for people. To be honest, I gonna hurt myself for people?... I dive because I want to win the point.
Football will always be part of my life. I've taken an interest in it since I was a young boy; my father played, as did I, and I never miss the chance to organise a little match with my friends when my schedule permits it. I also follow the results of the major European leagues quite closely.
Each sportsman behaves differently.
I have always known about the quality of Asics products, so when they approached me, I was really receptive. They explained what they would like to do with me, both in terms of design and marketing activities around the world. They came with a long-term approach, which is very rare in this industry, which appealed to me a great deal.
Yeah, I just a lucky man.
People need to understand that if I dive, it's because I know I can dive.
Asics shoes are known to be the best in the world and I am sure they will limit some of the injuries that I had before.
Davis Cup is important.
There are so many tournaments when I started this way. I was so shy. I didn't really play well. And then all of a sudden I found the very strong, powerful Gael Monfils.
Sometime haters would say or misunderstand how lucky I am to doing what I'm doing, to be healthy and play my sport and passion.
I'm very blessed genetically, you know.
When I'm on the court, it's a blessing.
I was very creative when I was a kid. Doing so much stuff, I think that creates a different coordination.
PSG is the team I've always supported, since I was little.
It's been a dream since I was young. I've been dreaming about winning a Slam.
Make no mistake, shoes are very important, almost as important as the racket. You need to feel comfortable; you need to be supported by the shoes.
Football is definitely present in the tennis world. Given the mix of nationalities that exists in the changing rooms, there's inevitably a bit of a rivalry between the players, especially in terms of the UEFA Champions League or competitions in which national teams compete.
I think people, they love me because I play with my heart, I fight.
I'm a believer but to reach the top I have to believe more, endure more. When I do two hours of practice, I need to add 30 minutes more. I need to feel something inside to go further.
I come from nothing.
You know, when you make the show, honestly, it's to entertain, but it's to win. So what's the point to make the show and lose actually?
I play very tough tennis, you know.
I'm not a sore loser.
You have to push yourself.
Sometimes luck is on your side, and everything works.
Asics has a machine that measures every single angle of my feet. With this information they made customized shoes for me and I have felt great the minute I put them on.
I think I want to show fans what it is actually like to be an athlete. Tennis is a part of it, but there is also another job that people are not aware of, the media commitments we have, and I want them to understand this.
I think I'm both lucky but also unlucky, because sometimes I miss so many matches.
The dream is to win a Grand Slam and that is what I'm playing for and training for. It's tough, but I believe that maybe one day I'll be lucky enough to win one.
For me, it is easy, I love sport. Tennis is something I enjoy. I love playing tennis. For me, working out is pure pleasure, every day if I could play tennis, I would love it. I have been doing this since I was 2 1/2-years-old, it is quite easy.
I'm just myself on the court.
People think that jumping or do trick shot is gifted. Yes, it's gifted but is a lot of work. I won't say I work on the trick shot, but it's like I think physically I'm one of the best.
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