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I was staying privately with Philippe Chatrier, who was then the (vice) president of the French Tennis Federation, when they were having the big demonstration ... Philippe said to me: 'I've got to go to this, this is part of history', so he went off and I stayed at his place. – Australian Rosewall	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I spent the week before with Bobby Riggs. – Australian Rosewall	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Nadal is always the favorite, then I come behind with four or five other players. – Dominic Thiem	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
For the moment Dominic Thiem beat him in Madrid but still Rafa is the number one, but there's still an opportunity for someone to beat him at the French. It's difficult because it's five sets. I don't know why but there could be an opportunity. He is the best player of all time on clay. – Henri Leconte	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
That chip was almost impossible and I don't know how it went in but I'll take it. – Kevin Na	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Rick Mears is going to be spotting for me again, which is great, rick Mears has not only won four times but I will share my wins with Rick Mears, Rick Mears really helped. – Helio Castroneves	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
There are all these buttons that weren't there before, i have been driving an IndyCar for 20 years and now it is like completely different. – Helio Castroneves	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I ask Rick Mears,' what do I need to do, Rick Mears ?' and Rick Mears is like,' I don't know, I'm not driving a car,'. – Helio Castroneves	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
The last couple of weeks have been good. Of course having the success gives me more confidence and I'm always motivated here to play as well as possible. – Rafa Nadal	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Given that the risks involved were unjustified by the sporting stakes at play, Citroen Racing WRT has decided to terminate the participation of Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle in the 2018 WRC. – The French manufacturer team	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
He trained a week at Bayern, here he is training fully and can also deal with the intensity level, we will see from day-to-day. If he has the feeling that he is at 100 percent then he can be there in Russia. Should there be any problems we would need to discuss it. But as things stand now he has no problems whatsoever and things look good. – Joachim Loew	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
You are very much in the moment, your team just hands you over, literally on to the stage, onto your universe for the next hour, hour-and-a-half, two or three, and you have to find a way to deliver. – Maria Sharapova	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
That's why I still continue to do this, because I have that passion of figuring things out and getting it done, whether it's a tough day, or whether it's a great day. – Maria Sharapova	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Definitely for me, my goal is to be number one. In Ukraine, being number one is something bigger (than winning a grand slam) because lots of people (notice you) if you are number one in the world, for the tennis world, winning a grand slam might be better but for people who do not know tennis, being number one gets more attention. – Elina Svitolina	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
They offered me money and free training… (but) I never thought about it because for me playing for Ukraine is special as I was born there and I was raised there, i'm very happy I didn't (take up that offer). In Ukraine tennis is getting more popular because of my results and this is amazing. – Justine Henin	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I'm taking a more patient approach to peaks and valleys throughout my career. – Jordan Spieth	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I've been here for eight years and people always say 50 players are coming here but in the end no-one comes. In September people think lots of players are going to come but the ones who take us to finals are always the same ones, the best players are already at Madrid. Bale, Benzema, (Lucas) Vazquez, (Marco) Asensio. They are all here. – Cristiano Ronaldo	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I just think now that when the day comes I'll be ready, you get upset for five minutes and then you're like,' okay, it's time to do something. What can I do for next time ?'. – Garbine Muguruza	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I was invited( to the Oscars) by Rolex and thought it was a great opportunity, a chance in a lifetime, i felt like a bit out of place, like,' what am I doing here ?' It's all about superstars and I was there representing the world of sport. It was a good experience to witness all the Hollywood glam. But I'm in a different world of competition. – Garbine Muguruza	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
In Spain the French was the tournament but I love the history and elegance of Wimbledon. – Garbine Muguruza	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
She obviously comes back to win and the wait has been long, so she will probably start Roland Garros with a mix of stress because she will want to do well and excitement because playing those events is the reason why she made such huge efforts to come back. – Roland Garros	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Serena Williams will play French Open to win French Open, can Serena Williams do French Open ? Serena Williams can achieve anything — after being Serena Williams coach for six years, I'm even more sure of that statement. – Patrick Mouratoglou	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Jelena Ostapenko doesn't really hit a claycourt ball — Jelena Ostapenko doesn't loop it high over the net, and Jelena Ostapenko won the French Open, we've been working on Jelena Ostapenko movement overall, and the way Jelena Ostapenko hits the ball. – Sascha Bajin	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
It is sometimes known as 'Japan Blue', it just so happens to be the color of the Olympic logo for Tokyo 2020 so we find that a happy coincidence and we hope that deep indigo becomes the image color of Japan. – Hiroshi Kayukawa	Found on Reuters 6 years ago

I was staying privately with Philippe Chatrier, who was then the (vice) president of the French Tennis Federation, when they were having the big demonstration ... Philippe said to me: 'I've got to go to this, this is part of history', so he went off and I stayed at his place.

– Australian Rosewall

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I spent the week before with Bobby Riggs.

– Australian Rosewall

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Nadal is always the favorite, then I come behind with four or five other players.

– Dominic Thiem

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

For the moment Dominic Thiem beat him in Madrid but still Rafa is the number one, but there's still an opportunity for someone to beat him at the French. It's difficult because it's five sets. I don't know why but there could be an opportunity. He is the best player of all time on clay.

– Henri Leconte

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

That chip was almost impossible and I don't know how it went in but I'll take it.

– Kevin Na

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Rick Mears is going to be spotting for me again, which is great, rick Mears has not only won four times but I will share my wins with Rick Mears, Rick Mears really helped.

– Helio Castroneves

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

There are all these buttons that weren't there before, i have been driving an IndyCar for 20 years and now it is like completely different.

– Helio Castroneves

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I ask Rick Mears,' what do I need to do, Rick Mears ?' and Rick Mears is like,' I don't know, I'm not driving a car,'.

– Helio Castroneves

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

The last couple of weeks have been good. Of course having the success gives me more confidence and I'm always motivated here to play as well as possible.

– Rafa Nadal

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Given that the risks involved were unjustified by the sporting stakes at play, Citroen Racing WRT has decided to terminate the participation of Kris Meeke and Paul Nagle in the 2018 WRC.

– The French manufacturer team

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

He trained a week at Bayern, here he is training fully and can also deal with the intensity level, we will see from day-to-day. If he has the feeling that he is at 100 percent then he can be there in Russia. Should there be any problems we would need to discuss it. But as things stand now he has no problems whatsoever and things look good.

– Joachim Loew

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

You are very much in the moment, your team just hands you over, literally on to the stage, onto your universe for the next hour, hour-and-a-half, two or three, and you have to find a way to deliver.

– Maria Sharapova

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

That's why I still continue to do this, because I have that passion of figuring things out and getting it done, whether it's a tough day, or whether it's a great day.

– Maria Sharapova

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Definitely for me, my goal is to be number one. In Ukraine, being number one is something bigger (than winning a grand slam) because lots of people (notice you) if you are number one in the world, for the tennis world, winning a grand slam might be better but for people who do not know tennis, being number one gets more attention.

– Elina Svitolina

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

They offered me money and free training… (but) I never thought about it because for me playing for Ukraine is special as I was born there and I was raised there, i'm very happy I didn't (take up that offer). In Ukraine tennis is getting more popular because of my results and this is amazing.

– Justine Henin

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I'm taking a more patient approach to peaks and valleys throughout my career.

– Jordan Spieth

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I've been here for eight years and people always say 50 players are coming here but in the end no-one comes. In September people think lots of players are going to come but the ones who take us to finals are always the same ones, the best players are already at Madrid. Bale, Benzema, (Lucas) Vazquez, (Marco) Asensio. They are all here.

– Cristiano Ronaldo

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I just think now that when the day comes I'll be ready, you get upset for five minutes and then you're like,' okay, it's time to do something. What can I do for next time ?'.

– Garbine Muguruza

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I was invited( to the Oscars) by Rolex and thought it was a great opportunity, a chance in a lifetime, i felt like a bit out of place, like,' what am I doing here ?' It's all about superstars and I was there representing the world of sport. It was a good experience to witness all the Hollywood glam. But I'm in a different world of competition.

– Garbine Muguruza

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

In Spain the French was the tournament but I love the history and elegance of Wimbledon.

– Garbine Muguruza

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

She obviously comes back to win and the wait has been long, so she will probably start Roland Garros with a mix of stress because she will want to do well and excitement because playing those events is the reason why she made such huge efforts to come back.

– Roland Garros

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Serena Williams will play French Open to win French Open, can Serena Williams do French Open ? Serena Williams can achieve anything — after being Serena Williams coach for six years, I'm even more sure of that statement.

– Patrick Mouratoglou

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Jelena Ostapenko doesn't really hit a claycourt ball — Jelena Ostapenko doesn't loop it high over the net, and Jelena Ostapenko won the French Open, we've been working on Jelena Ostapenko movement overall, and the way Jelena Ostapenko hits the ball.

– Sascha Bajin

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

It is sometimes known as 'Japan Blue', it just so happens to be the color of the Olympic logo for Tokyo 2020 so we find that a happy coincidence and we hope that deep indigo becomes the image color of Japan.

– Hiroshi Kayukawa

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

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