"I don't really care if I play really well, well, or okay. I want to win." — Stan Wawrinka

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 know if I want to have a chance to beat the top players, I need to be mentally ready for that.

I enjoy Indian cuisine a lot. It's delicious.

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.

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.

All you can do is trust your game and not wait for the opponent to give you the match.

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 grew up surrounded by tennis, so I was obviously more interested in it than football - particularly as it's the most popular sport.

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I don't really care if I play really well, well, or okay. I want to win.