GRIGOR DIMITROV

I'm bad at going on vacation.

Tennis is a great platform for me to do well, and for sure, I want to be No 1, to win Slams, but there are more things that I want to do.

We all know how to play tennis. We all know how to hit the ball. It's more just about those details - managing all those early rounds and just managing yourself to make sure you're ready for whatever is coming up next.

You're going to play a lot of tournaments during the year, a lot of traveling. If you have a good set of mind, you're committed to the work, you want to do that work, and you definitely got to do it. Doesn't matter if you have four, five, six losses in a row, that doesn't have to discourage you to stop all of a sudden.

You never know how many times you're going to be able to come out on Rod Laver Arena and just play.

I have always been an admirer of Feli, Feli Lopez. He's just - I mean, every time - he's, like, fit and good and his long hair and the beard.

I'd love to have a line of tennis clothes, something unique and different.

Let's forget the cliche on girlfriends, from Serena to Sharapova. I say it's easy to get lost in beauty, but is it a mistake then?

My dad taught me how to play tennis, and I owe that to him. But the better you get, the higher you climb, and the more lonely you get. I've had to sacrifice a lot of personal relationships, but that's the choice I made.

My favourite designer was Alexander McQueen. His lines were different every time.

The majority of decisions, I've always taken by myself.

I want to create my own legend, my own trademarks.

It would be difficult to pick out one shot as my main strength, as I like all my shots, and I can do anything on any surface.

You have to forget you are playing against your idol, because the guy on the other side also wants to play better than you and beat you. I don't think you should allow yourself to think like this when you go against any player.

Wimbledon is a very special tournament, and for me, it's one of the best events.

I don't like taking showers in the locker room after a match.

I'm a very good sleeper, especially during a tournament; I usually get eight hours a night, even before a big match.

I try and do whatever I want with my free time. I think having control of what you do is really important.

Tennis is one of those sports: whatever you put in, you get out.

Tennis is such a fun game. One of the things that I really like is that everything depends on you. Before certain matches, you might have those butterflies, but that's the excitement. There's a ton of emotion that you're going through.

Sure, I can afford a nice car and a nice place, but this is not what brings me happiness. Now you're on a high, and people know you and things like that, but how many people will remember your name once it all stops and the money isn't raining from the sky?

I can take five showers in one day.

At some point, you have worked so hard in your life and your tennis that you don't want to be too much up and down. You want to do what you have done and eventually get better.

I love tennis. But even if I become the greatest of all time, I still don't only want to be defined by tennis. I'm my own person. And I want to be remembered as I really am.

I'm the kind of guy that I cannot just lock myself in the room and just think tennis for 24 hours.