Quotes from Stan Wawrinka

I always try to find the positives in losing a match, but it's not always easy.

Once you are on court, everything is different. I focus on the match.

Sometimes we have a match at 11 in the morning, sometimes at 9 P.M. We need to always be adapting; we don't have a match at the same time every week, so it's important to be open with everything.

When you don't play those big matches for a few years, it's tough to play back-to-back after that.

I've always enjoyed playing in Paris, ever since I was a junior and won the junior event there. Being Swiss, this is the Grand Slam that is closest to us - the one we watch first and visit first if we are lucky enough.

All you can do is trust your game and not wait for the opponent to give you the match.

Doubt can be good because it means you want to improve: you want to be a better person, a better player. But it's also good not to have too many doubts on the court.

Playing a best of five-set match, you can always bounce back, even if you lose the first set.

There's only really one way to be at the top, and that's practicing - practicing well and practicing hard. And enjoying what you do, because if you don't enjoy it then, it's always tough to wake up and go practice and suffer on the court.

I just have to play my best game. Not think about anything else - that is the only concern I have and that we should all have.

I had a very happy childhood. I was lucky to grow up surrounded by nature and animals, to be outside all the time, and to work on a big farm with my dad.

I like my easy life at home. I like to live in Switzerland. I like to be with my wife, with my daughter, to take my daughter to school, to lead a normal life. I try everything possible to keep that.

I'm always proud to play for Switzerland, and that will always be something really special.

Every minute counts. Being on time or not can mean the difference of a win or a loss and even of something positive or negative happening in life.

I enjoy Indian cuisine a lot. It's delicious.

I think it is good to grow up on a farm, with nature, with animals and everything when you are young.

As far as fitness is concerned, you have to enjoy it, do good exercises, and integrate them into your tennis practice. The preparation for the season is as crucial as doing good blocks when switching from one surface to another.

You always need to try hard to find solutions. It's the same in life or tennis.

I grew up surrounded by tennis, so I was obviously more interested in it than football - particularly as it's the most popular sport.

My parents wanted me and my siblings to practice some sports outside school. And since we lived next to a tennis club, we decided to play tennis. I didn't have an idol, so to speak, but I always enjoyed watching Pete Sampras and Alex Corretja.

As a child, I was lucky to have the support of my parents because starting a tennis career is a very expensive adventure.

Tennis is a big puzzle. It's not any more physical or mental; you have to have all the pieces first, and then you have to put all the pieces together. For me, it took me time.

I think I love my sport. I enjoy to play tennis. It's my passion.

Those big matches, when you go through so much, are the best thing. Those matches are why you play tennis.