A biography for Jo-Wilfried Tsongahasn’t been written yet.
“I enjoy playing on grass and I enjoy being in London.”
“All I want to do is to play my tennis and try to do the best possible on the court.”
“I was one of the only children having an immigrant father in my elementary school.”
“You need the life of a champion. It's always useful to have people around you who can help you doing that.”
“My parents always taught me not to be a good tennis player or the best in what I'm doing, but to be polite.”
“When you get on to fresh grass courts you always know that they might be a bit slippery but you have to adjust accordingly.”
“I've got a bit of the eccentricity of Africa and a bit of Western calm.”
“I played soccer and could have probably made it to the top league.”
“I'm not the most talented on the tour but I like to go to war.”
“I hope I will have a family. A house, with a garden, will be nice. And I would love a barbecue! Just very simple things and a passion to work hard.”
“No, I'm not a bad loser.”
“In regular life, I'm somebody pretty simple, pretty calm.”
“If you play tennis it is to have these moments, moments of adrenaline, where it gets dangerous. It is a bit masochistic.”
“The most important for me, it's to fight, give my best on court until the last point.”
“I would have liked to have been a pro firefighter.”
“I have a bit two overlapping personalities. I have my African half that gives me the hot blood and the warmth and the exuberance, and then I have my French side, which is quite a bit more reserved. It's not always easy to reconcile the two.”
“I think Roger Rasheed is helping me to be more serious. Also, he can convey his passion for tennis. He loves the game. Also he's enthusiastic about everything, about tactics, about what is happening on the court, and also physically he's really pushing me. He wants me to do my best every day.”
“I'm a bit like a diesel engine, you know.”
“Mikhail Youzhny likes the grass and has plenty of weapons to hurt you with.”
“I've gotten tougher.”