Quotes from Gael Monfils

Some people will say about me, 'If he was more serious he would play much better tennis.' But I would be different. Maybe I would not have my instincts right. And if I'm too crazy, it's not good either. So the balance is never easy to find. I am as I am.

Yeah, I just a lucky man.

I'm just saying sometimes great to play smaller court, with the crowd very close. We can feel their energy, the passion, yeah, the love in it. I love it, to be honest. It's great.

The dream is to win a Grand Slam and that is what I'm playing for and training for. It's tough, but I believe that maybe one day I'll be lucky enough to win one.

It's been a dream since I was young. I've been dreaming about winning a Slam.

Honestly, I keep believing in myself that I can win a Slam. I am definitely sure I can win one. It's just a matter of putting the pieces in the puzzle.

People say, 'You slide too much.' I try to change a bit, just to see the difference, and it's very bad. The faster and easier thing is to slide. To me, it's a gift, it's natural. It may be different, but I'm me.

I like to slide on a court, but when I slide on grass I never stop.

I'm happy. I'm always with a smile.

Asics shoes are known to be the best in the world and I am sure they will limit some of the injuries that I had before.

People think that jumping or do trick shot is gifted. Yes, it's gifted but is a lot of work. I won't say I work on the trick shot, but it's like I think physically I'm one of the best.

To be honest I never watch a tennis match. I watch basketball a lot, soccer, never tennis.

I know that if I'm 100% mentally on, I'm tough to beat.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Luis Suarez all play at a really impressive level and are consistently excellent.

Asics has a machine that measures every single angle of my feet. With this information they made customized shoes for me and I have felt great the minute I put them on.

I care about the match. I don't care about, you know, other things. It's like if I'm not happy, it's okay. I want just to be happy, you know. If I'm not happy, fine. Have it, you know.

It's always something special with me. You never know how and what I can do on the court. I think that's why the people like that, a little bit a mystery part of me.

I think I know how to try to play the best, and to play the best sometime is to improve.

I'm not a sore loser.

I love to talk with the umpire.

When I dive for a ball I'm not diving because it looks spectacular - I'm trying win the point. When I jump it's because it's easy for me to jump. I'm not being cocky but because I can jump higher than other people it looks more spectacular. Other players smash but I go higher so it looks different.

When you change, you change with what you got. What I got is my speed. I got a little bit of my instinct and flair.

I think it's not very enjoyable for me to move on grass and play because I'm thinking too much!

Sometime haters would say or misunderstand how lucky I am to doing what I'm doing, to be healthy and play my sport and passion.