Quotes from Grigor Dimitrov

Of course there is a lot of things you can work on and change and all that, but first I think you should look at yourself before you actually start trying to find excuse in the other people, whether it's going to be coach, physio, family, or whoever else is on your side.

There is no shortcuts. Play your best tennis, give your heart out, and anything can happen.

My dad taught me how to play tennis, and I owe that to him. But the better you get, the higher you climb, and the more lonely you get. I've had to sacrifice a lot of personal relationships, but that's the choice I made.

You may not be playing your best tennis or having your best match; sometimes it's just not your day. The important thing is to believe in yourself, which starts with being confident in your abilities.

I think when I was younger, I was struggling to kind of differentiating love from a personal love or a tennis love or whatever else. There was time that I wasn't sure how to deal with both things in the same time. But you learn. I guess we grow. I mean, I don't want to say I've learned from my mistakes, but I've learned myself a little bit better.

Tennis is great, but it doesn't necessarily define me.

Tennis is very tough.

I'm the kind of guy that I cannot just lock myself in the room and just think tennis for 24 hours.

Tennis is one of those sports: whatever you put in, you get out.

Tennis is a great platform for me to do well, and for sure, I want to be No 1, to win Slams, but there are more things that I want to do.

We all know how to play tennis. We all know how to hit the ball. It's more just about those details - managing all those early rounds and just managing yourself to make sure you're ready for whatever is coming up next.

I think tennis was just in my genes.

I love tennis. But even if I become the greatest of all time, I still don't only want to be defined by tennis. I'm my own person. And I want to be remembered as I really am.

I'd love to have a line of tennis clothes, something unique and different.

I just want to live my life the best way I can and enjoy the moment that I have off the court because you need to find a good balance. I think this is very important.

I am always focusing on what I can do better for years down the line.

Wimbledon is a very special tournament, and for me, it's one of the best events.

When you step out on the grounds of Wimbledon, you feel that respect, you feel that heritage, feel the history.

I can play on grass - when I won Junior Wimbledon, that was an unbelievable feeling, I could not believe that I had won the tournament, as Wimbledon is like the holy place of tennis.

After Wimbledon is one of the only times you can take time for yourself.

Let's forget the cliche on girlfriends, from Serena to Sharapova. I say it's easy to get lost in beauty, but is it a mistake then?

With the right set of mind, with the right people, with the right support, things happen.

I believe in my abilities, as when I get things right, things happen for me.

I don't want to say 'gullible,' but when I saw someone, I always thought that person is the way they present themselves.