Top 103 Quotes & Sayings by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Of course, I want to win a Grand Slam.

It's important to stay normal and live in the real world. I know this is where you find happiness.

Yannick, for me, is an example, an example for all the French players. We all want to taste ourselves what he was able to taste first.

I like to play against Juan Monaco.

I have a lot of respect for who beats me and that's it.

Don't spend your time dreaming, live life now.

I played soccer and could have probably made it to the top league.

I think GQ is the best magazine for me in terms of fashion for men.

My favourite dish is from Congo, the native country of my father. It's called Poulet a la Dakatine and is made from chicken, peanut butter and spinach.

I love skateboarding and rollerblading, but I'm not really allowed to do it because of my tennis.

Sometimes you go through a few tournaments without having a five-setter.

No, I'm not a bad loser.

I think the most important is to remain as stable and consistent as possible in terms of emotions, because when you're working, if you work well, you're always rewarded at some point.

When you have the ball above the net height on grass, it's easier to play, and when the ball comes at you more slowly, it's easier to play. But when a guy hits hard and deep, I think you have to have been out there playing to understand, but it's hard to really hit the ball.

I travel so much that my idea of a good holiday is spending time at my home in Nyon, Switzerland.

I'm not the most talented on the tour but I like to go to war.

I think Roger Rasheed is helping me to be more serious. Also, he can convey his passion for tennis. He loves the game. Also he's enthusiastic about everything, about tactics, about what is happening on the court, and also physically he's really pushing me. He wants me to do my best every day.

If you play tennis it is to have these moments, moments of adrenaline, where it gets dangerous. It is a bit masochistic.

I enjoy playing on grass and I enjoy being in London.

You know, the girls, they are more unstable emotionally than us. I'm sure everybody will say it's true, even the girls.

I do a lot of conditionning in the off season with my coach but there a lot of exercise and they are specific to each individual.

I've progressed in many areas.

In regular life, I'm somebody pretty simple, pretty calm.

Stupidity cannot be controlled, only contained.

Sometimes you cannot do anything because the guy in front of you is playing well and he's doing the right things to make you play in a bad way.

I am black and white.

Having a child changes your priorities. I am convinced, for me, it will be something very positive and give me even more motivation.

For me it is always fun to be on the court, and fight, and try to get every ball.

When I fly, it takes me two, three days to recovery, to be good physically.

It's quite a good feeling when you win against 10,000 people.

I enjoy every time on the court.

My parents weren't rich at all.

You need the life of a champion. It's always useful to have people around you who can help you doing that.

I've had good results on clay during my junior years and I enjoy playing on clay to the opposite of what many media can say.

One of my goals was to be in the top 100 - just once!

My game is suited to grass because I'm really aggressive on the court. I have a big serve, I'm quick, I hit the ball hard, and I go to net so I have everything a player needs to do well on grass.

Yes, there are moments when it's frustrating where you can't put the ball where you want it and you make mistakes.

I have been working on my backhand since I was the age of five. And it's a disaster, my backhand, so I'm working on it.

It's not only what happens on the court that makes us the players we are; it's also everything that happens outside the court.

The most important for me, it's to fight, give my best on court until the last point.

You can't really hit on grass. There are lots of bad bounces, so when the guy plays deep into the spot where the grass has been worn down and he doesn't leave you the time to play, you don't have time to play fast yourself.

When you play against Roger, it's always special. First, because you play in a big area, in a big stadium anyway. And every time the crowd is for him, so it's quite a good sensation.

I get some letters from a lot of people. Sometimes it's nice, with letters from kids or from parents of kids who want to be tennis players, but I also get racist letters. It's really painful to receive something like that because you're not ready for that. You think to yourself, 'That's really bad.' But I realise that there are people like that.

I'm a bit like a diesel engine, you know.

My parents taught me not to complain, to always go forward. They taught me to always finish what I had on my plate. It seems ridiculous but these are little things that in the end make you stronger.

Sometimes I'm able to buy magazines like the GQ.

Of course, I believe injury has stopped me winning more tournaments.

I decided to practice alone because it was a challenge for me to see how much I love tennis. And making sure I was not trying just to respond to other people's expectations and that I really wanted it myself. I realized that I just loved tennis, that it was something extraordinary, that I would really want to do that.

I have a bit two overlapping personalities. I have my African half that gives me the hot blood and the warmth and the exuberance, and then I have my French side, which is quite a bit more reserved. It's not always easy to reconcile the two.

My parents always taught me not to be a good tennis player or the best in what I'm doing, but to be polite.

When I need to get into details, I like French. But when I want to do something stronger, English is better. The swear words are stronger in English. And on the court, 'Allez!' is light. 'Come on!' That's strong.

Tennis runs in cycles. There are victories. There are disappointments.

I would have liked to have been a pro firefighter.

I hope I will have a family. A house, with a garden, will be nice. And I would love a barbecue! Just very simple things and a passion to work hard.

It's something powerful to receive all this love. In the street. In Congo, everywhere. But it's also hellish at the same time. When all that comes at you from one day to the next, it's really destabilizing.

I love being able to pass from a feeling of euphoria to one of calm and serenity.

Whether at the Olympic Games or during a Davis Cup tie I am extremely proud and honored to represent my country.

I don't need much to be happy.

You can see Bjorn Borg, but when I watch some game of him I want just to take a nap, no?

Sometimes I play against a player who has a lot of support and I win.