Quotes from Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Sometimes you go through a few tournaments without having a five-setter.

Of course, I believe injury has stopped me winning more tournaments.

I like to listen to Congolese music because when I was a kid with my father, he took me to play some tournaments in the car and always put on this music. I always fell asleep with this music so it's good things that I remember.

I hope I will have a family. A house, with a garden, will be nice. And I would love a barbecue! Just very simple things and a passion to work hard.

I love skateboarding and rollerblading, but I'm not really allowed to do it because of my tennis.

In our job you are constantly travelling, going in and out of different temperatures.

Of course, I want to win a Grand Slam.

When you get on to fresh grass courts you always know that they might be a bit slippery but you have to adjust accordingly.

When you have the ball above the net height on grass, it's easier to play, and when the ball comes at you more slowly, it's easier to play. But when a guy hits hard and deep, I think you have to have been out there playing to understand, but it's hard to really hit the ball.

I've had good results on clay during my junior years and I enjoy playing on clay to the opposite of what many media can say.

I played soccer and could have probably made it to the top league.

It is always something special to play Roger.

I like to play against Juan Monaco.

Don't spend your time dreaming, live life now.

My favourite dish is from Congo, the native country of my father. It's called Poulet a la Dakatine and is made from chicken, peanut butter and spinach.

Janowicz is more than just a big server. He moves well, has a fantastic forehand and good hands.

You can see Bjorn Borg, but when I watch some game of him I want just to take a nap, no?

I think the most important is to remain as stable and consistent as possible in terms of emotions, because when you're working, if you work well, you're always rewarded at some point.

When you play against Roger, it's always special. First, because you play in a big area, in a big stadium anyway. And every time the crowd is for him, so it's quite a good sensation.

You know, the girls, they are more unstable emotionally than us. I'm sure everybody will say it's true, even the girls.

You need the life of a champion. It's always useful to have people around you who can help you doing that.

Stupidity cannot be controlled, only contained.

If you play tennis it is to have these moments, moments of adrenaline, where it gets dangerous. It is a bit masochistic.

Tennis runs in cycles. There are victories. There are disappointments.