Jannik Sinner

“If you want to become a better tennis player, sometimes you have to miss. Sometimes you have to lose.”

“When playing tennis you are alone, you have to try to find a solution by yourself.”

“I like this sport because it reveals characters and personalities, especially when things go wrong. In tennis you can make mistakes but still win a match. There are plenty of things that can happen on the court, you only have to be always ready.”

“I can go to the net knowing I have good volleys.”

“One year I won many trophies when skiing, but then the year after I felt that physically, the others were so much stronger.”

“If I go to the store and people ask for pictures, I accept it. It's nice, especially when someone young comes up to me, because I also was young and sometimes too shy to ask for a picture.”

“Me and my team, we work very well, especially in the gym.”

“That's also where I need to improve, I need to stay a little bit calmer otherwise I lose some mental energy.”

“If I have a good week, I always eat a hamburger with french fries, one Coke and tiramisu or ice cream.”

“Obviously you need courage to go for certain shots. I'm pushing myself to do that.”

“Being known just for being known doesn't interest me.”

“This is what I practice for, to play against the best players in the world.”

“In skiing, if you make a mistake you're out; it's a dangerous sport and you need to get up early in the morning and venture outside in frigid temperatures. Tennis is a bit more accessible.”

“What was great for me to see about Rafa, as I see from other champions, is the impressive way in which he thinks and approaches every practice and every ball. He is a super nice and humble person and something I really learnt from him was the intensity he puts into every single practice.”

“Everyone, whoever is in quarters or semis or Round of 16, deserves to be there.”

“We cannot predict the future.”

“The reason why I chose tennis was, in tennis you can make mistakes. You can lose points but you can still win the match.”

“Everyone has his own time and way and path.”

“In skiing, it was more that if you make one mistake you cannot win the race, while in tennis you can make some mistakes and still win the match. I think that's the biggest lesson that I have learned from skiing. Obviously, they are two different sports, but maybe the coordination, the balance and the sliding helped me a little bit to play tennis.”

“No win is granted.”