PATRICK MOURATOGLOU

The reason why people watch sport is to feel something. They want to feel emotions. So if the players don't give emotions, it's more difficult to get into it.

The way we score is complicated. The rules are strict. The goal on the court is to show nothing, and then when you show something you are a bad person. Getting angry is not allowed. The show that you see on TV is not exciting, like the NFL or NBA, because you are seeing robots.

A very good leader is someone who has a great team, it's all about the team. You only have 12 hours or 14 hours a day, if the people that are with you are doing a great job, you can have a great business. If not, it's not going to work.

Tennis is fake. We have real characters, but they don't dare to be themselves, and the code of conduct has a lot to do with that.

I think I had a lot of impact on every player. Maybe it sounds cocky, but if I don't feel I have an impact or a big impact, I wouldn't be able to be excited about my work every day.

When you meet people who are exceptional, you know it. I feel it straight away.

Winning a Grand Slam was something I was chasing the first day I became a coach.

When you watch the top guys, you know there will be no drama all match. They're gonna wipe their face between points, they're gonna ask for balls, they're gonna choose the ball, they're gonna bounce the ball 200 times, they're gonna hit the ball, and that's it. That's the whole story.

The only thing I want is tennis to be the biggest sport on the planet.

If David Goffin wants to remain calm and quiet, fine. But perhaps he would enjoy to have a little more freedom to show another side of his personality.

If you look at the figures, the average age of the tennis fan is 62 years old.

People are watching sports to feel emotions. They watch movies for the same purpose.

I think we have great personalities in tennis, but I think they don't dare anymore expressing their emotions and expressing who they are. It's all about being politically correct all the time.

My goal is to help make tennis transition to what's coming next and to be able to continue to grow rather than falling down, because no new fans come to our sport.

The whole idea is to propose an immersive experience. When you watch tennis, you watch from the outside, you're far from the court, the camera is far away and the whole story is about two persons hitting a tennis ball and trying to win.

I think coaches sometimes think it's always their way.

But I think there is a space for a second league, which is UTS, that is more modern, and is targeting a difference audience.

You kill the emotion by standardising the behaviours on court. I want authenticity. I want people to be free.

Some sports give a lot of emotions because you know the people well, not personally but they express their passion and their emotion on the field so you have an attraction. In tennis, because of this code of conduct that is extremely strict, players do not show their personality.

Life is bigger than tennis.

Tennis is failing to renew its fanbase. And that's very worrying, because the future doesn't look bright.

It's time to realise that tradition is fantastic but if because of tradition and only tradition you lose everyone it's less fantastic so you have to keep some tradition to this sport of course but you also have to live in your century.

A game is a game. I don't think we will change... should have shorter sets. No, do simple things to let people enter through a door that makes them be excited. If you let all the players express themselves, show who they are.

The game of tennis is incredible. The show of tennis, I think, is very old fashioned.

I think tennis needs to be reinvented. I think there is a space for two different tours. This exists in many other sports.