Top 100 Quotes Of 2015: Part 2
Top 100 Quotes Of 2015: Part 2
ATPWorldTour.com looks back on the year in the words of those who made it all happen. Here’s the wit, the wisdom (and some occasional wackiness) from today’s top players, our Top 100 Quotes of 2015. Our second installment, Nos. 51-100:
51. “Nobody’s invincible. I don’t think something like that exists.” — Novak Djokovic
52. “My goal is not to make new records in Asia; it’s to be one of the best players in the world.” — Kei Nishikori
53. “We sort of came up with the name ‘Sneak Attack By Roger’ — SABR. I don’t know, call it ‘Fed Attack,’ call it whatever you want.” — Roger Federer on his new chip-and-charge attack
54. “We do have our days where we’re sick of each other.” — Mike Bryan on his partnership with his twin brother, Bob
55. “You’re never going to get that feeling again, just like the winning sort of feeling. Nothing will ever duplicate that. That’s what I’ll miss most.” — Mardy Fish
56. “I do question myself even in the best of times.” — Roger Federer
57. “It was a great privilege and honor to be the No. 1 in the sport that has captured my heart from the first moment that I stepped on the court.” — Novak Djokovic
58. “The amount I hate to lose is, I think, pretty extraordinary.” — Milos Raonic
59. “I guess I’m maturing in my old age.” — Marinko Matosevic, 30
60. “Not many people in sport get to go out on their terms.” — Lleyton Hewitt
61. “In tennis, always one guy has to win and one guy has to lose. One has got the press conference he dreads.” — Roger Federer
62. “I’m not trying to hit it fast; I’m trying hit it in.” — Power server Sam Groth
63. “If you hold on to your emotions, you don’t actually talk about them. Over time, I don’t think that’s a good thing. It’s good to be able to talk about how you feel.” — Andy Murray
64. “I have no problem accepting criticism, because I’ve gotten so many compliments over the years.” — Roger Federer
65. “I can’t really overpower anyone anymore. That’s why I choose the young, powerful partners.” — Daniel Nestor, 43
66. “It makes the game a whole lot easier when you can serve like that.” — Andy Murray on John Isner
67. “We see so many times guys ride waves of wins at times in their career based on only confidence. You only get it two ways: one is winning matches and two is hard work.” — Sam Groth
68. “The real thing today is I know where I am, I know who I am.” — Rafael Nadal
69. “It’s a game of inches sometimes.” — John Millman
70. “You want to win every event, that’s for sure. That’s what you prepare for. But no one in the history of this game has ever done that.” — Andy Murray
71. “Almost doesn’t matter how you lose — losing is never fun.” — Roger Federer
72. “Victories are the best medicine possible.” — Rafael Nadal
73. “You have to treat every player with respect. Every round should be like a final.” — Bernard Tomic
74. “I don’t know if I should say it out loud. Somebody might steal it. It is somewhere in the Midwest region of the United States.” — Jack Sock on where he keeps his Wimbledon doubles trophy
75. “It’s in a safe.” — Stan Wawrinka on where he keeps his 2014 Australian Open trophy
76. “When I go back home, I’m not a tennis player anymore. I’m a father and a husband.” — Novak Djokovic
77. “I’m not afraid of time passing by; quite the opposite. I can tell you that physically I will be at my best and more mature.” — Gael Monfils, 29
78. “You can be stubborn and successful or you can give it up a bit and change things around. For me it’s important to have a bit of both.” — Roger Federer
79. “It’s a challenge because if throughout your life everybody’s working for you to be the best you can be, kind of feeding you with compliments, with confidence, eventually you’re ego starts growing. You have to battle with that ego and just leave it aside.” — Novak Djokovic
80. “If there’s one thing that I learned in the sport it’s to recover fast and to leave things behind.” — Novak Djokovic
81. “I’m not planning on trying to break anybody’s hearts. This is tennis. This is sport. All I’m trying to do is beat the guy on the other side of the net.” — Andy Murray
82. “My goals nowadays are short‑term. I’m thinking in small goals.” — Rafel Nadal
83. “There is no disgrace in losing to him.” — Andy Murray on Novak Djokovic
84. “There is not many guys that work as hard as him.” — Gilles Muller on Andy Murray
85. “It will probably go down as the best lefty forehand of all time.” — Tim Smyczek on Rafael Nadal’s forehand
86. “Roger asks many questions, and I have to find many answers.” — Gael Monfils on facing Roger Federer
87. “I’ll always mix it up and make it uncomfortable for my opponent. I’m not going to play the way they like it.” — Roger Federer
88. “When my boy arrived in this life, on this planet, it was completely a new dimension of experience for me and my wife. I’m still riding on the wave of that experience.” — Novak Djokovic
89. “He will be remembered as being just a fantastic competitor. He hated to lose.” — Andy Murray on Lleyton Hewitt
90. “Sport is simple. The winner is the player who plays better.” — Rafael Nadal
91. “Everything has to come natural for you, I feel, on the tennis court.” — Bernard Tomic
92. “I’m eager. I’m very eager.” — Milos Raonic
93. “It’s good to get around the big dogs a little bit.” — Thanasi Kokkinakis
94. “Tennis is a complex sport. Very quickly you always have to reset your mind because you always have a next match tomorrow.” — Novak Djokovic
95. “There is only a winner and loser, nothing in between.” — Tomas Berdych
96. “I don’t take anything for granted. I try to be aware that there are thousands of players around the world who are fighting equally as I am to be in this position.” — Novak Djokovic
97. “Confidence comes back when you win matches. If you don’t win matches, you don’t have confidence.” — Rafael Nadal
98. “I don’t like to say where my limits are. I try to just be in the moment, use my imagination, and all of a sudden your possibilities become limitless.” — Novak Djokovic
99. “I love tennis. Without it I don’t know what I would do.” — Donald Young
100. “Everyone has to call ‘time’ at some stage.” — Lleyton Hewitt, who will retire following the 2016 Australian Open
Top 100 Quotes Of 2015: Part 1