Mats Wilander

“I've gone past the stage where I feel pressure.”

“I started with the two-handed backand before Borg was famous.”

“I think people expect me to be around at the end of a tournament.”

“The slide is tennis.”

“To me, Dan Evans is an example of somebody that puts the clock back a little bit and tells everybody: 'Listen, tennis is not a freak sport where you need to have rich parents, who sit in your players' box for every single week of the whole year, and you need to talk to your coaches' box between every shot.'”

“The point is to win the biggest tournaments and beat the biggest guys head to head. Then, if the computer ranking works out that you are No 1 in the world so be it.”

“There is no added pressure to play a Swede.”

“The biggest mistake we usually tend to make with young players is over-coaching.”

“I'm a useless guitar-player. When I put myself in a band I immediately became its weakest part. I was like my forehand volley at tennis.”

“He didn't have the best shots but the intensity of the match and the positive energy you got from playing Yannick Noah was something I didn't get from anyone else.”

“In Sun Valley, people play tennis and then go for a hike. You should be too tired to go for a hike!”

“Maybe being number one has got to me, because from there you can only go down.”

“If an athlete like Michael Jordan played tennis, he would be the best - he's flexible, not too bulky, and has unbelievable hand-to-eye coordination.”

“Usually if you haven't figured out how you want to play tennis yourself, it is hard to accept the failures of playing five sets.”

“I think someone like Denis Shapovalov on a fast court and being left-handed is a massive, massive danger to everybody.”

“Rafael Nadal, I see no demons in him. None. Unless he picks up the racket with his right hand.”

“Mladenovic knows how to use the power of the crowd.”

“I play a lot of golf and I'm in a little ice hockey league at home in Idaho.”

“Guys like Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal know how to win matches, they don't need to have as much confidence as other players.”

“We need more honesty out there, but it is hard when you see what the media does to someone who is trying to be honest.”