Daniil Medvedev

“I would say to win a slam, especially against somebody as Novak, is already a big motivation, and I don't think there is anything that can make it bigger.”

“I think except of course my serve, the biggest challenge for my opponents is that I'm really good at putting the balls back in play.”

“The more you lose something, the more you want to win it, the more you want to gain it and take it.”

“I know how to play on clay with confidence if I'm in good shape, and in a good mood and have energy. That's the most important.”

“There are some matches where you lose a match just because you were always hitting at the guy, and he was always choosing the right side. You're like, 'How is it possible that not one time I can choose the right side?'”

“Probably never in my life will I reach the level where I'll have every tournament O.K. - there will be some anger flashes - but hopefully there will be not a lot.”

“My wife always believes in me and tells me I'm going to be Top 10, winning Slams. Probably like every good wife should do. If she tells you that you're going to be nobody, there is some problem.”

“Sometimes it's not easy to come back in the matches, to stay there with the tough conditions.”

“It's very, very tough when you have a mentality, I don't want to say champion, but a good mentality, a sport mentality, it's very tough to lose in the final. It kind of hurts more.”

“My tactic is to make my opponent suffer.”

“I always say, I just want to be myself and see what people think of me. Even sometimes if it's not good. Sometimes it doesn't please me, but I never want to do something fake.”

“Streaks end.”

“I'm just trying to play good tennis and win matches. Then I let other people decide what they think.”

“We want people to talk more about tennis in Russia.”

“I want to win every tournament I play in, without putting pressure on myself.”

“I think that's how sometimes it can be in life, many things can happen, and you can be disappointed. Then the next day is a new day and something good can happen.”

“I don't look back too much in my life. I like to think about the present and the future more than the past, even if the past is good. I use it more as confidence, to say, 'Wow, I managed to win, to beat Novak in the final of a slam.' I'm going to use it more if I have doubt in my career, which can happen.”

“When you play Novak, you have to play your best. Kind of hope he doesn't play his best.”

“I remember when I was 4 years old, I was a little bit 'wanty.' Like if I wanted something I could start crying. I think that's the part that could sometimes show on the tennis court, especially when I was younger, because the thing is, what do you want on the tennis court? You want to win.”

“If it would be my choice there would be only hard courts.”