A biography for Mats Wilanderhasn’t been written yet.
“I always want to win when I play, but sometimes I just can't get that interested all the time.”
“When I was 14 I wasn't even thinking of playing professional tennis. I was thinking of going to high school in Sweden then getting a job.”
“Myself and Cameron Lickle travel around North America in an RV and we conduct tennis clinics in clubs.”
“Everybody gets bored or rather emotionally flat sometimes, but most players are not so honest as Tomic. They have sponsors that need to be happy, and they want to keep the tour happy.”
“Svitolina moves a little bit better than Ostapenko but Ostapenko goes for it a little earlier in the rallies. The way she plays she can take you out of the equation.”
“When I first retired from the game, I had times in my life when the days just wouldn't move.”
“Tennis is a running game, not a hitting game - it's not golf.”
“Maybe we can see more men's and women's combined events so the young players can be marketed better.”
“There is no such thing as bad luck in tennis. Just bad technique.”
“I still rate my first victory in the French Open at Roland Garros as my best win ever.”
“Ninety five percent of the field is not competitive when Nadal is playing.”
“Del Potro is one of these miracle men he can come up with these matches where you least expect it and he pulls something out of the bag. I have no idea what it is but he becomes a magician.”
“I love the freedom of the road.”
“Your game stalls when you assume you're the finished product.”
“Hockey is the dream of all Swedes. They get the girls.”
“Only so many can succeed. Only one can be number one.”
“I think every human being has good intentions in one aspect of life and some in every.”
“Ivan Lendl was the best player I ever played. He was the first guy to bring the game to more of a power level and you could know that if he played really well you could get blown off court and that wouldn't happen against John McEnroe, Jimmy Connors or even Bjorn Borg or Guillermo Vilas.”
“I love my life. I commentate for Eurosport, so you could say I've reached the final of every grand slam since 2002 when I started that. I love what I do, and I love playing tennis with amateurs, regular guys, helping to teach them to enjoy tennis more.”
“Power is not tennis to me. I'd rather lose playing my game.”