Patrick Mouratoglou

“Some sports give a lot of emotions because you know the people well, not personally but they express their passion and their emotion on the field so you have an attraction. In tennis, because of this code of conduct that is extremely strict, players do not show their personality.”

“My reality was that I would become a tennis player. I never had any doubt about it. It was my life.”

“The game of tennis is incredible. The show of tennis, I think, is very old fashioned.”

“We must have options to make tennis more attractive emotions-wise.”

“Winning a Grand Slam was something I was chasing the first day I became a coach.”

“But my team is great. I think the spirit we have and the quality of the people make it what it is.”

“I think coaches sometimes think it's always their way.”

“The whole idea is to propose an immersive experience. When you watch tennis, you watch from the outside, you're far from the court, the camera is far away and the whole story is about two persons hitting a tennis ball and trying to win.”

“I find a way to have stress because I need it.”

“It's time to realise that tradition is fantastic but if because of tradition and only tradition you lose everyone it's less fantastic so you have to keep some tradition to this sport of course but you also have to live in your century.”

“The reason why people watch sport is to feel something. They want to feel emotions. So if the players don't give emotions, it's more difficult to get into it.”

“I think I had a lot of impact on every player. Maybe it sounds cocky, but if I don't feel I have an impact or a big impact, I wouldn't be able to be excited about my work every day.”

“American and French culture are really, really different, but in a way it's funny.”

“I think that the ATP and the WTA are doing a good job because they're satisfying their fans, and I am one of their fans.”

“Tennis is fake. We have real characters, but they don't dare to be themselves, and the code of conduct has a lot to do with that.”

“You can have the nicest academy in the world, it doesn't make any difference, it's all about the people. Our job is all about the people.”

“If we don't know who is who because everyone is behaving the same then it's boring. We don't think it's boring because we love tennis. But bring someone who doesn't love tennis and they will think it's incredibly boring.”

“A very good leader is someone who has a great team, it's all about the team. You only have 12 hours or 14 hours a day, if the people that are with you are doing a great job, you can have a great business. If not, it's not going to work.”

“A game is a game. I don't think we will change... should have shorter sets. No, do simple things to let people enter through a door that makes them be excited. If you let all the players express themselves, show who they are.”

“When you meet people who are exceptional, you know it. I feel it straight away.”