You need the life of a champion. It's always useful to have people around you who can help you doing that.

I decided to practice alone because it was a challenge for me to see how much I love tennis. And making sure I was not trying just to respond to other people's expectations and that I really wanted it myself. I realized that I just loved tennis, that it was something extraordinary, that I would really want to do that.

If you play tennis it is to have these moments, moments of adrenaline, where it gets dangerous. It is a bit masochistic.

I love skateboarding and rollerblading, but I'm not really allowed to do it because of my tennis.

Don't spend your time dreaming, live life now.

I travel so much that my idea of a good holiday is spending time at my home in Nyon, Switzerland.

Sometimes I play against a player who has a lot of support and I win.

It's not only what happens on the court that makes us the players we are; it's also everything that happens outside the court.

I have a bit two overlapping personalities. I have my African half that gives me the hot blood and the warmth and the exuberance, and then I have my French side, which is quite a bit more reserved. It's not always easy to reconcile the two.

When I need to get into details, I like French. But when I want to do something stronger, English is better. The swear words are stronger in English. And on the court, 'Allez!' is light. 'Come on!' That's strong.

It's something powerful to receive all this love. In the street. In Congo, everywhere. But it's also hellish at the same time. When all that comes at you from one day to the next, it's really destabilizing.

I don't need much to be happy.

Yannick, for me, is an example, an example for all the French players. We all want to taste ourselves what he was able to taste first.

In regular life, I'm somebody pretty simple, pretty calm.

My game is suited to grass because I'm really aggressive on the court. I have a big serve, I'm quick, I hit the ball hard, and I go to net so I have everything a player needs to do well on grass.

I enjoy playing on grass and I enjoy being in London.

It's quite a good feeling when you win against 10,000 people.

I've progressed in many areas.

We can all play on the court and share the courts with the girls.

Not everybody can beat the players I beat.

I actually like to kid around and laugh, and on the court I do like to put on a show.

I'm a bit like a diesel engine, you know.

People have a different impression sometimes because of the way I'm on court, but outside, I'm nothing like that.

The court is where I can express something that I've got deep inside me.

It is extremely important to play for your country.

I was one of the only children having an immigrant father in my elementary school.

I am black and white.

Sports, it's beautiful, because you can always do something.

Even if you play, you know, the best player in the world... you have a chance.

I never set any limits on my results.

Well, we're working hard all the time. We have ambitions.

As I always say each time I start a tournament, I want to go as deep as I can.

When I come to London, it is always quite relaxing for me in a way, not just because it is one of my favourite cities but because it comes immediately after the French Open, which for me is a very significant tournament with lots of pressure.

Among the things I love about London is that there is a lot of green space and that the buildings are not very tall.

I grew up in a village just outside Le Mans, so nature and fresh air are among the things I love the most.

Well, I like characters, players with personality, I don't like flat people.

I think the best match I played was against Roger Federer in the quarter-finals at Wimbledon in 2011, especially because I won this match after being two sets down.

I like to be in Le Mans during the summer, of course because I have my family over there but also because the nature is just beautiful at this time and it's in the country. There is a relaxing spirit in this place.

I like to listen to Congolese music because when I was a kid with my father, he took me to play some tournaments in the car and always put on this music. I always fell asleep with this music so it's good things that I remember.

In our job you are constantly travelling, going in and out of different temperatures.

When you travel like we do, a holiday is simply being able to sleep in your own bed.

Everything can happen in tennis.

It is important to put pressure on Janowicz.

Djokovic against Tsonga in 2008 is not the same as in 2010. He knows that I can play well and he knows that I can beat him if he's not at his best.

I'm very different on the court than outside.

All I want to do is to play my tennis and try to do the best possible on the court.

Sometimes I'm able to buy magazines like the GQ.

It is always something special to play Roger.

I like to dress fashionably, it's great.

I think GQ is the best magazine for me in terms of fashion for men.