Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Juan Martin del Potro

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Argentinian tennis player Juan Martin del Potro.
Last updated on November 15, 2024.
Juan Martin del Potro

Juan Martín del Potro is an Argentine professional tennis player. Del Potro's biggest achievement is a major title: the 2009 US Open, where he defeated Rafael Nadal in the semifinals and the five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final. He became the first player to defeat both Federer and Nadal during the same major, and the only man outside the Big Three to win a major between the 2005 French Open and the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, a span of 30 tournaments. Other career highlights include reaching the 2018 US Open final, winning the bronze medal in men's singles at the 2012 London Olympics and the silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, winning Indian Wells in 2018, and being part of his country's successful Davis Cup team in 2016; but his career has also been hampered by a succession of wrist and knee injuries.Del Potro achieved a top-10 ranking by the ATP for the first time on 6 October 2008. In January 2010, he reached a then-career-high ranking of world No. 4, after which he withdrew from most of the season due to a right wrist injury. In 2016, del Potro led Argentina to its first ever Davis Cup victory by defeating Croatia's Marin Čilić in the final from two sets down. He reached his first major semifinal in four years by defeating Federer in the quarterfinals of the 2017 US Open. In 2018, he won his first Masters 1000 title at the Indian Wells Masters, defeating the defending champion and world No. 1 Federer in the final. After reaching the semifinals of the 2018 French Open, he matched his career-high ranking of No. 4. In August 2018, he achieved the world No. 3 ranking for the first time. At the 2018 US Open, he reached his second major final, where he lost to Novak Djokovic. Del Potro did not play between June 2019 and February 2022 because of a knee injury, and has suggested he may retire in 2022 as a result.

I'm very proud to represent my hometown, my country.
I like to play big battles with other guys.
I had a sister who died many years ago, and I believe that she protects me from the sky. She was eight years old. It was a car accident in Argentina. I was five or six, so it was much worse for my parents.
When I was a kid, I mix watching soccer and the U.S. Open, that's it. — © Juan Martin del Potro
When I was a kid, I mix watching soccer and the U.S. Open, that's it.
Sometimes I have to deal with pain in my wrist, which is normal after all my surgeries, but I think it's amazing for me to be just thinking about tennis, not anymore about the injuries.
Well, Argentina has a big idols in soccer, in different sport. I'm just doing my job, trying to be an example for the kids, to teach them that you have to do effort to get your goals in your life.
Especially the top players, they always try to set their own form, so to say, around the Grand Slams because that's where they want to play their best.
I love this sport, I love the competition.
Tennis matches can last a long time and there are lots of times when all sorts of things can go through your mind.
Sometimes in tournaments I'll see Argentinians with Boca shirts and flags and that gives me a boost.
I just want to play tennis in front of the big crowds.
Many fans give me too much love on court, off court as well.
Against Federer, is not easy to share the fan's love. He is a local around the world in every tournament.
My body is really worn out. This pain is part of my life, and I play the match with it. And since no other player has gone through what I've gone through in terms of injury, setbacks, it's hard for them to understand.
When I was 16 I played at the Orange Bowl. I was one of the favourites to win and Boca were playing in the Intercontinental Cup against Milan. It was four in the morning in Miami and they wouldn't let me get up to watch it. I put the TV on ever so quietly, though, and watched the whole game, which went to penalties and lasted forever.
The worst moment was in 2015 when I was close to quitting this sport because I couldn't find a way to fix my wrist problems. I had been suffering a lot. I got depressed for couple of months also.
Well, I think the indoors conditions are perfect. You don't have wind, sun, anything. — © Juan Martin del Potro
Well, I think the indoors conditions are perfect. You don't have wind, sun, anything.
I like to be dangerous for the top guys.
I go to church in Argentina and I try to keep it up during the tournaments.
At the height of my career, prior to the injuries, I never thought I could break the barrier of Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray, and now I did it with everything that happened.
I love to play against Rafa because he's the biggest fighter in this sport. I don't like to see him suffering on the court.
The tennis life is very short, as I say. And my first goal is always to be a good person.
When I go out with my friends, if people come up to me, everyone has good intentions and means well.
I just want to play tennis wherever I can, whenever I can.
Well, Bautista is very difficult guy to play. He has everything on his game and is never easy to beat one guy at level as him.
I think the people loves my effort to come back and play tennis. They know what have been through with all my wrist problems. They like one guy who never give ups, and he's trying to play tennis.
Always, in every match here at the U.S. Open, the crowd make me feels special. I really like the atmospheres down there.
Basically Serena is one of the greatest players of the history. I wish all the best to her because she's so nice.
It's really difficult to beat a player like Novak.
Sometimes it is difficult to find a church, and then there is the problem that people follow you everywhere. But I try to be close to one whenever I can.
In the finals, anything can happen.
The serve is very important for my game. Also the forehand. When both are working, I'm happy.
The people stand up from the chairs when I hit good winners. I like to do that.
I trust on myself.
We have a good connection - New Yorkers, American fans, Argentinean fans and me.
I like to study culture and buildings and it's something I do on tour.
My family and friends help me a lot to never give up.
When you don't have that confidence to play three, four hours with a good backhand against Rafa, is just matter of time to get down your game.
I think the other guys, they have advantage to me when they play with six or eight racquets in one match. — © Juan Martin del Potro
I think the other guys, they have advantage to me when they play with six or eight racquets in one match.
I think to win in straight sets every match is important for the body, for the legs, for the physical conditions.
Well, I am Catholic.
It is so difficult when you are out for a year, not just because you are not playing, but because other players are still playing. They are in competition all the time, so when you come in again and try to play them at the same level, with the same intensity, it is very hard.
I take lots of pictures.
I often think about the Boca attitude, what Boca means across the world, and about how many times they've won games you say they've lost, only for them to come back like Boca can.
I just have the chance to play the greatest in this sport, and it's amazing for me.
I know the people likes when I hit hard with my forehands.
I trust my doctors, my team, my physical trainers.
When I feel that confidence to do my best shots, I know I can be dangerous for all the guys.
It's not easy for the players change the racquet.
When you have chances against the top guys, and you couldn't make it, then they take advantage of the game.
I've never done a fake injury or something like that. If I look tired, in pain, it's because this is true.
Everything that I got, it's special. I mean, I had the silver medal from Rio. Also was one of my best week ever on tour, playing for my country in Rio. Davis Cup, it's also special for me and for my country.
These are pinnacles of our sport: majors. It's where you want to play your best. There is something special about them. Two-week-long event, best-of-five. — © Juan Martin del Potro
These are pinnacles of our sport: majors. It's where you want to play your best. There is something special about them. Two-week-long event, best-of-five.
I never give up.
I take the really sad moments with me to the court. I'm able to transform all that energy, and from it create strength, faith, and a will to honor everything I've gone through. I use the memory of those painful moments as a weapon to keep fighting.
Miami has a big Argentinian, how you say, society, living here, so I meet them everywhere.
My English no good.
I have to do two or three hours of treatments every day just to be able to step onto a tennis court.
I like to play always with the No. 1 of the world, doesn't matter the tournament or the conditions or the weather.
My coach from the time I was a kid was a specialist of hard courts. He teach me a different forehand than the rest of Argentinian players. That's why I am able to work better on hard courts.
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