Taylor Fritz

“Tennis is such a physically demanding sport, and it can be so rough on the body at the pro level.”

“A lot of what I enjoy about tennis is the cheering crowd.”

“Because when you're 10, 11, 12, 13, you see all these strokes and you want to copy them. And it's not easy to keep what you started with, if that makes sense.”

“I just want to be the best that I can be, and I'm focusing on my own career.”

“I have someone who invests my money in a safe way so it continues to grow.”

“The first practice is two-and-a-half, three hours, and it's really physical. The second practice starts after lunch at 1 p.m. We work on specific stuff, like coming to the net. After that, I play sets. Then I'm in the gym for an hour-and-a-half doing legs, upper body, and cardio.”

“When you're a kid, you don't know what's right and wrong, so you kind of just have to listen to what they tell you, and I'm just fortunate that I had people around me who knew what they were talking about.”

“When I travel I have a full-time physio that I pay for myself. He also handles strength and conditioning.”

“I always wanted to be a pro athlete. When I was younger I wanted to be the first person to be a pro at three different sports, but then realized how impossible that is. At 15 I stopped playing other sports and focused on tennis.”

“My parents got me into tennis, and it's why I do what I do, and probably why I do it as well as I do it, because I've always had their guidance and their experience and their help throughout my whole life.”

“I love doing core workouts. The core is so important in tennis.”

“I feel like I always win at least a round or two at every tournament. I don't go out in the first round too often.”

“I've said it lots of times before, I play for myself, so I'm not worried about other people's expectations.”

“It's tough when you struggle physically to meet your own expectations.”

“There are so many people supporting me and so many good people on my side.”

“One of my strongest assets is my ability to be calm under pressure.”

“My strokes come from a lot of different people. I personally take credit for my forehand. My uncle helped me a lot with my backhand.”

“We had a court in our backyard, and I would mess around with the players on my dad's team. I hit with two hands on both sides, which I didn't stop doing until I was about 8.”

“It's a really good feeling in moving up the rankings so quickly because it's so reassuring that I made the right decision in turning pro.”

“It's important to work the core in all planes of movement, as we move in all three planes in tennis, especially into rotation and anti-rotation movements.”