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.
Stan Wawrinka
As a tennis player, you have to get used to losing every week. Unless you win the tournament, you always go home as a loser. But you have to take the positive out of a defeat and go back to work. Improve to fail better.
There is always disappointment, heartache. You are losing almost every tournament. You need to just accept it and be positive because you are going to lose and fail. We're not all Nadal or Djokovic, who can win most tournaments.
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.
You have to make sacrifices. You have to work out, to be relaxed in your mind, to focus on what you're doing.
As a child, I was lucky to have the support of my parents because starting a tennis career is a very expensive adventure.
Playing a best of five-set match, you can always bounce back, even if you lose the first set.
I don't really care if I play really well, well, or okay. I want to win.
When I'm back home, I try to do as little as possible because I want to take time with my family. That's the most important thing.
I was a little bit lost in my head after winning a Grand Slam. You're like: 'So what's the next goal? What do you want now? Where do you want to be? It's not a problem if you lose.'
Every time I step on the court, I know I can beat my opponent.
Unfortunately, some younger player doesn't understand that if you want to get through, you have to sacrifice, you have to work hard, and there is no easy way.
All you can do is trust your game and not wait for the opponent to give you the match.
I think I love my sport. I enjoy to play tennis. It's my passion.
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.
My game takes time to adapt to grass; grass is a little bit different.
The schedule is tough in tennis.
I always try to find the positives in losing a match, but it's not always easy.
I think it is good to grow up on a farm, with nature, with animals and everything when you are young.
My body is for my tennis - it's for my sport. I'm not a model at all. I don't work out to go to the beach: I work out to play well and to do well on the court.
I like to go to Mauritius on holiday.
I enjoy putting myself in situations where you are nervous, but you need to enjoy yourself also. I've done skydiving, bungee jumping. I quite like those sensations - when you feel a little bit nervous and you don't really know where you are going. It's a quite good sensation that I love. I like the speed; I like everything.
I love the region around Lake Geneva. The landscape is beautiful, very peaceful, and such a nice place to relax and spend time outdoors. It's always a pleasure to come back home.
My favourite film is 'Le Diner de Cons,' a French movie.
For me, motivation is easy. I enjoy what I'm doing, and I'm lucky to play tennis. I enjoy the suffering. It's something quite natural for me to go on the court and suffer, and to go in the gym and to suffer, and to know the only way to get better is to work out - that's what I like.
It's simple - I love food. I am travelling all-year round, so I have the chance to eat every food possible, so I am really lucky with that.
I love New York. It is an amazing city, and the U.S. Open is a lot about the show. There are tens of thousands of spectators; these are some of the best courts in the world, and there is nothing like being here and making memories.
Queen's is one of my favourite tournaments of the year.
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.
I've always enjoyed playing in Switzerland. The crowd support is amazing here, and Basel is one of the best indoor tournaments in the world.
I never expected to win a Grand Slam because, for me, I was not good enough to beat those guys.
I won a grand slam with an Audemars Piguet on my wrist, so I feel it is a great match.
I enjoy Indian cuisine a lot. It's delicious.
You can't underestimate rest. Sometimes in tennis we don't realize that to rest your body is as important as it is to practice. We are traveling so much, all year, in different conditions, different courts, different surfaces, different balls - so we always have to adapt.
My parents weren't very sporty, and football wasn't part of my everyday life. I was never a massive football fan either, but, like everyone else, I used to watch matches on TV.
I grew up surrounded by tennis, so I was obviously more interested in it than football - particularly as it's the most popular sport.
I've always been a big fan of Thierry Henry. I enjoy watching all the great players, really. But we're always drawn to some players more than others, and in my case, it's Titi. He's my favourite player. I also really liked Luis Figo when he was at Real Madrid.
When you win a big title like the French Open, it's tough. The emotion in doing this is really up and down. Afterwards, you feel a little bit lonely, a bit of depression mentally. Because it's so much stress and emotion, so many people around - and then it's completely empty.
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.
I'm always proud to play for Switzerland, and that will always be something really special.
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.
It doesn't matter the way you're playing, especially the beginning of a grand slam. It doesn't change anything.
If you start to hesitate with your game, if you start to not go completely with your plan, then it's tough to play your best tennis.
When you don't play those big matches for a few years, it's tough to play back-to-back after that.
To say that I won the French Open, it's something completely crazy.
I like Chennai very much. The atmosphere is always great, and the fans are amazing. That's why I keep coming back.
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.
I was never afraid of getting up early and practice for many hours. I often go to practice very early during winter.
I never dreamed to win a Grand Slam. It was never a dream because, for me, it was way too far.
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.
