Dominic Thiem Quotes

Dominic Thiem

Profession : Athlete

Birth : September 3, 1993

It was a big pleasure to play a Grand Slam match on my birthday.

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You always have to continue working, because everybody is. Once you stop, the others will overtake you.

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I think I didn't win a match for one, one-and-a-half years.

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My family are tennis coaches, and they always brought me to the tennis club. I basically had no other option than to start playing tennis.

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I'm not a big fan of the Olympic Games. The ATP calendar is a bit complex due to the Olympic event.

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I like to play tiebreaks, as that is when it gets interesting. Even when I was young, I enjoyed these kind of matches.

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The speed you have, you can't practice it. You have to be fast from your birth on. There are other things you can practice, like flexibility or the little steps needed to stand good to the ball, but to be fast is a gift you get.

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I don't mind to speak about myself until a certain point, but I think there's also stuff which is for myself that nobody has to know.

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I was never the person who came up with a boom somehow. I worked slowly and consistently, making my way up the rankings, so there wasn't one special moment.

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The less top players that are in the draw, the higher the chances get for us, obviously.

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It's a joke how tough it is to win a Slam.

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I prefer playing ATP tournaments and Davis Cup competition rather than Olympic Games.

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The Olympics are very important only if you gain a medal, and that's a very difficult achievement.

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Guys like me, we have a different style that makes it hard to break in easily. When I was 18, 19, I felt like I was just a boy, body-wise and mentality-wise. I had to fix everything together.

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I just don't feel the Olympic spirit.

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When you win in straight sets, where is the challenge?

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Against Novak, it's really tough for me to play, I mean, because he doesn't give me any time. I don't really like to play against him because he has a game style which doesn't fit me at all.

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If you always experience new and better things than before, then you don't get tired at all.

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My strokes are safer when I hit full power. They are unsafe when I hold back; it's more that I force myself to go full power all the time.

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On grass, many players can be dangerous because one break can decide a whole set.

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