Gael Monfils

Athlete

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The dream is to win a Grand Slam and that is what I'm playing for and training for. It's tough, but I believe that maybe one day I'll be lucky enough to win one.

I love watches, the mechanism.

I'm just myself on the court.

People need to understand that if I dive, it's because I know I can dive.

I think when I dive on the court, I dive not for people. To be honest, I gonna hurt myself for people?... I dive because I want to win the point.

Davis Cup is important.

I've been around watch factories and had the chance to visit some factories.

I love the game. I love waking up every morning with the goal to win a Slam for the first time.

For me, it is easy, I love sport. Tennis is something I enjoy. I love playing tennis. For me, working out is pure pleasure, every day if I could play tennis, I would love it. I have been doing this since I was 2 1/2-years-old, it is quite easy.

I always ran very fast and jumped very high but when I was about thirteen it was more of a choice between football and tennis, and I went for tennis.

To be honest I never watch a tennis match. I watch basketball a lot, soccer, never tennis.

You know, when you make the show, honestly, it's to entertain, but it's to win. So what's the point to make the show and lose actually?

I play very tough tennis, you know.

I'm not a sore loser.

I love tennis, but the main thing in my life, is life.

For me tennis is a sport, you know? It's not a job, it's a sport.

I'm way more serious than I look.

Now that I get to be more consistent with the winning, it's tougher for some people to say that I'm just a showman.

I think I know how to try to play the best, and to play the best sometime is to improve.

I love to talk with the umpire.

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