Grigor Dimitrov

“I have so many different interests in so many areas that sometimes I just need to chill, step back, and let it be.”

“Once the opportunities knock on your door, you've got to try and go get them. If it doesn't happen, it doesn't happen. But at the same time, you've got to keep going.”

“I want to create my own legend, my own trademarks.”

“The biggest pressure is what I put on myself.”

“I don't like taking showers in the locker room after a match.”

“Tennis is such a fun game. One of the things that I really like is that everything depends on you. Before certain matches, you might have those butterflies, but that's the excitement. There's a ton of emotion that you're going through.”

“I am always focusing on what I can do better for years down the line.”

“Tennis is one of those sports: whatever you put in, you get out.”

“I think mental preparation is really important. Every day, you've got to imagine your goal.”

“Obviously, it's tough when you lose a match, but that's how it goes.”

“You have to forget you are playing against your idol, because the guy on the other side also wants to play better than you and beat you. I don't think you should allow yourself to think like this when you go against any player.”

“To be able to represent Nike as a brand is one thing, but to also represent the great players that came before me means a lot.”

“It's very hard to look at the man in the mirror. Because you can't hide anything.”

“I never thought I was going to make a career out of tennis, to be honest, until I was 10 or 11 years old. One of my earliest memories is when I was seven, and I was competing against players that were three, four years older than me. I didn't take it too seriously at the time. I was having a lot of fun.”

“Sometimes, I have to beat myself first in order to beat the other guy. And that sucks. I'm not gonna lie. But that's me.”

“All I'm focused on is playing my game. Everything else will take care of itself.”

“Tennis is my dream. It is what I love. And it is what I want to be best at.”

“Tennis is a great platform for me to do well, and for sure, I want to be No 1, to win Slams, but there are more things that I want to do.”

“I have always been the kind of guy to adjust to anything. I never cared where I was going to sleep or what court I was going to practise on.”

“With the right set of mind, with the right people, with the right support, things happen.”