Quotes from Mats Wilander

Federer can be off for six months but knows how to win matches.

When I first retired from the game, I had times in my life when the days just wouldn't move.

Every player, they should sit down and have a meeting. They should agree, 'this is how we play Nadal, this is how we play Federer, this is how we play Djokovic.' Then, all try to play them the same way. The right way. First you have to play the right way, then you need to play well.

Guys like Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal know how to win matches, they don't need to have as much confidence as other players.

I am really impressed with Dominic Thiem's patience at times.

Nadal tries his best all the time, every point. But Kyrgios can spend 10 minutes looking like he would rather be walking down the King's Road.

I couldn't ever be a better player than I was in 1988.

I love camping out, I love teaching tennis.

I am willing to take chances. I miss more, but I am going for it.

It is basic, serve at the weak point of your opponent.

I decided to work really hard in 1987. I hired Matt Doyle, a former pro player, and he helped me with my physical training. Lendl was the first to focus on that. He used to be weak, physically and mentally.

There's definitely a lack of self-belief in many players, which is the only complaint I have about men's tennis.

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.

I'm a useless guitar-player. When I put myself in a band I immediately became its weakest part. I was like my forehand volley at tennis.

The conditions change so much at the French Open, you know, you have to be prepared for something you really don't know what it is. You can practice in the morning and it's fine, and the weather is great then you come to play in the afternoon and it is drizzly and the conditions are totally different.

He didn't have the best shots but the intensity of the match and the positive energy you got from playing Yannick Noah was something I didn't get from anyone else.

That's why the tactics are so hard against Kyrgios because no one knows what he is going to do.

I think someone like Denis Shapovalov on a fast court and being left-handed is a massive, massive danger to everybody.

Tennis has always been at the forefront of equality between men and women's prize money.

I am disappointed when I lose and don't play well, for example. But it is not so disappointing to lose when you play good. And I never feel I want to put the racquet down and walk away because of losing.

Usually if you haven't figured out how you want to play tennis yourself, it is hard to accept the failures of playing five sets.

Your game stalls when you assume you're the finished product.

There is no such thing as bad luck in tennis. Just bad technique.

To me, Dan Evans is an example of somebody that puts the clock back a little bit and tells everybody: 'Listen, tennis is not a freak sport where you need to have rich parents, who sit in your players' box for every single week of the whole year, and you need to talk to your coaches' box between every shot.'