Top 100 Quotes & Sayings by Jack Sock
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Last updated on November 22, 2024.
There's been a couple places where I always loved playing doubles 100%, and obviously I go out there and give it my all.
I don't want to be that guy that's either arrogant or rubs people the wrong way.
I can count on one hand and maybe a couple of fingers on another the number of players I'll keep in touch with after my playing career is over.
Golf is my main thing I love playing any chance I get.
Family over everything.
When you're No. 8 in the world, then you start losing some matches, I think it was the first time in my career my confidence went down, and from there it was a downward spiral.
As a kid everyone has dreams of winning their ultimate tournament and being number one in the world.
How many players can say they're the best in their country? But it's not a goal I ever thought about.
I play a pretty physical game, trying to run around and hit a lot of forehands, using my serve, and using my legs on my serve.
I'm going to win or lose a match playing on my terms, playing my game, which is big and aggressive and trying to dictate points. Not shying away from that.
Playing in the U.S. Open is the biggest and most important moment of the season for me.
The more time you spend on tour, around the top guys especially, you see what they do, the work, the preparation, the organization they have going into their training. It all leads up to playing great tennis. It really opens your eyes.
I know the person I am.
Just being out on court, just all the experience you get on court can only help.
Having confidence in your physical shape allows your game to get better with it.
Tennis is my life, obviously, and it's my career. But it's not the be-all, end-all.
I like to eat and Chipotle will fill you up.
There can be some lonely and down moments on tour for sure.
I feel like I can move well on the clay. So if I need to get into a longer rally, I can.
The goal for the top American isn't the top twenty - it's top ten, top five, number one in the world.
Grand Slam matches are always tough.
It's the tactics, the little things I like to focus on and get better at.
When I was the young guy on tour, I don't think I really grasped what it actually takes to be at this level.
I want to win singles titles.
It starts with family - they've sacrificed so much for me, with my parents moving away from each other when we were young, for tennis.
I love playing golf, but it's so freaking hard.
I've never considered myself a doubles player. I've just enjoyed playing it.
I think clearly I've proven I can play at the highest of levels.
I've got my years on tour now kind of under my belt, and I'm getting the experience and playing more and more big matches, which I think helps.
My mom used to play, so she had rackets around the house. We hit on the garage door for a little while, and then she got mad, so we went to a local racket club and took lessons.
I want to have the most successful career I can. But the people closest to you are the most important.
I like to be interactive, engage with fans and all that and I think the route I took, staying at home, is definitely going to help with that.
On the left side of the court, I am in paradise.
I grew up watching as much Olympics as I could, checking out all the sports. As a kid, you dream of playing your sport and representing your country and seeing the famous rings.
I love being from the States and having that pride. But at the same time, there is a lot of expectation.
The bigger the stage, I feel like the better I play.
My game is pretty straightforward, I feel like. If there's a big point I'm looking for a forehand; looking to be aggressive.
Used to be some liabilities people would talk about in my game. I feel like I have cleaned those up pretty well. Returning was big for me. I think I've gotten a pretty good hold on that.
Obviously, not many people get to be pro athletes and hopefully make it in their sport. So I'm just lucky enough to have the chance.
I mean, I think you can always improve every part of your game.
Some people like the off days to do a light practice or work on things and then get ready for the next match. I don't mind going out and playing a doubles match and working on returning serving and working on a few things.
There was something about being in Rio, being around the other Olympic athletes and playing for the U.S. It was the most special experience I've had.
I've always had a thing for playing in front of people, and the nerves never really creep in too much for some reason for me.
For years, I didn't feel like I belonged in the second week of Grand Slam tournaments. I just wasn't good enough. But when the 2016 U.S. Open rolled around, I knew, for whatever reason, I was going to make a splash.
I'm a massive golf fan.
In the offseason, you can definitely get after it a little more. You can have very intense workouts and not have to worry about a match coming up in a day or two or in the next week.
On the road you can't go hardcore with your workout and lifting and then play.
I think that everyone that grows up and aspires to be a tennis player dreams about being in the top 10 and pushing from there and going as far as you can.
My goal is to be competing to win tournaments that I'm playing instead of just content with making a quarter.
Any time you can play in front of home fans and the electric crowds in the U.S., it's always a blast.
Yeah, definitely on a mission now to compete to try to be winning these tournaments I'm playing.
In tennis that's the beauty. You can always suit up the next week and play another tournament and always have the chance to win it.
I love being on the clay. It feels very comfortable to me.
You're going to lose some matches, you're going to have some bad weeks, for sure. It's part of sport.
I like Hewitt's quickness and how Federer behaves on the court.
I think any success you can have on the tennis court, doubles helps. If you're playing on the weekend, you're in the trophy ceremony at the end of it, one of the last guys in the locker room, it can only give you confidence.
Against Rafa or Roger or Novak, it's about getting over that intimidation, believing you deserve a chance to take them out.
Hopefully, I can play college tennis for a top program.
I take pride being an American.
Playing Slams definitely gives you a surreal view of what can happen, and what you can be.
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