Quotes from Patrick Mouratoglou

Winning a Grand Slam was something I was chasing the first day I became a coach.

Who are the governing bodies to say what is a good and a bad behaviour? I think that's unacceptable, even from an ethical point of view. I don't think anyone on this planet should be able to point at people and say this. For example, if it's not dangerous for other people, you should be allowed to break a racket. It's my racket, it's my problem.

You can have the nicest academy in the world, it doesn't make any difference, it's all about the people. Our job is all about the people.

When you meet people who are exceptional, you know it. I feel it straight away.

The way we score is complicated. The rules are strict. The goal on the court is to show nothing, and then when you show something you are a bad person. Getting angry is not allowed. The show that you see on TV is not exciting, like the NFL or NBA, because you are seeing robots.

Some sports give a lot of emotions because you know the people well, not personally but they express their passion and their emotion on the field so you have an attraction. In tennis, because of this code of conduct that is extremely strict, players do not show their personality.

What we know is that probably the face of tennis post Covid-19 will not be the same anymore. The economic crisis probably is going to strike us really hard. All the business in general, but also the tennis business.

I couldn't connect with people so I developed other senses. I had no other option.

We must have options to make tennis more attractive emotions-wise.

My job is called adaptation. It's always about adapting to new situations, but the core team is going to be the same.

I want authenticity, I don't want players to make a show. I want players to be able to be themselves on court and express all kinds of emotions.

You kill the emotion by standardising the behaviours on court. I want authenticity. I want people to be free.

I think a tennis match is a marathon. You have to sit down and have food for the next three hours, if not more. And to ask a 15 or 20 or even 25 or 30-year-old to do that, this is not gonna happen.

He was feeling totally lost, leaving his family and country for a place where he knew nobody and didn't even speak the language.