Top Quotes of Dominic Thiem
- “You always have to continue working, because everybody is. Once you stop, the others will overtake you.” – Dominic Thiem
- “I like the tournaments at home. The crowd is always behind you.” – Dominic Thiem
- “Nadal is always the favorite, then I come behind with four or five other players.” – Dominic Thiem
- “It’s a joke how tough it is to win a Slam.” – Dominic Thiem
Dominic Thiem Quotes on his Thoughts and Himself
Against Novak, it’s really tough for me to play, I mean, because he doesn’t give me any time. I don’t really like to play against him because he has a game style which doesn’t fit me at all.
Dominic Thiem
Guys like me, we have a different style that makes it hard to break in easily. When I was 18, 19, I felt like I was just a boy, body-wise and mentality-wise. I had to fix everything together.
Dominic Thiem
I always wanted to be a professional player, but when I started playing well in Challengers and, for the first time, I did well at ATP tournaments, I saw that these guys are also beatable.
Dominic Thiem
I don’t mind to speak about myself until a certain point, but I think there’s also stuff which is for myself that nobody has to know.
Dominic Thiem
I just don’t feel the Olympic spirit.
Dominic Thiem
I like to play tiebreaks, as that is when it gets interesting. Even when I was young, I enjoyed these kind of matches.
Dominic Thiem
I prefer playing ATP tournaments and Davis Cup competition rather than Olympic Games.
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I think I didn’t win a match for one, one-and-a-half years.
Dominic Thiem
I think I’m a very powerful player; I can hit good groundstrokes.
Dominic Thiem
I think you have to improve every day a little bit so you don’t have one day where there’s a big thing coming.
Dominic Thiem
I was never the person who came up with a boom somehow. I worked slowly and consistently, making my way up the rankings, so there wasn’t one special moment.
Dominic Thiem
If you always experience new and better things than before, then you don’t get tired at all.
Dominic Thiem
I’m a player, or I’m a person who needs to practice a lot; otherwise, I don’t play well.
Dominic Thiem
I’m not a big fan of the Olympic Games. The ATP calendar is a bit complex due to the Olympic event.
Dominic Thiem
In the juniors, you are kind of a star, but just because you are a good junior doesn’t mean you will be a good pro.
Dominic Thiem
It was a big pleasure to play a Grand Slam match on my birthday.
Dominic Thiem
It’s a joke how tough it is to win a Slam.
Dominic Thiem
Movement is one of the most important things. My consistency, everything – there’s a lot to improve. Coaches are never happy. But I’d like to keep improving, go deeper in the tournaments, and get as high in the rankings as possible.
Dominic Thiem
My family are tennis coaches, and they always brought me to the tennis club. I basically had no other option than to start playing tennis.
Dominic Thiem
My strokes are safer when I hit full power. They are unsafe when I hold back; it’s more that I force myself to go full power all the time.
Dominic Thiem
On grass, many players can be dangerous because one break can decide a whole set.
Dominic Thiem
The less top players that are in the draw, the higher the chances get for us, obviously.
Dominic Thiem
The Olympics are very important only if you gain a medal, and that’s a very difficult achievement.
Dominic Thiem
The one-handed backhand helps you to be more aggressive in the points.
Dominic Thiem
The speed you have, you can’t practice it. You have to be fast from your birth on. There are other things you can practice, like flexibility or the little steps needed to stand good to the ball, but to be fast is a gift you get.
Dominic Thiem
When you win in straight sets, where is the challenge?
Dominic Thiem
I’m happy I can compete with these guys on the best level, i really hope also that I win my maiden slam when they’re still around because it just counts more, yeah.
Dominic Thiem
I think there’s not much to change, also in the last two sets, I definitely gave everything I had. Well, Novak Djokovic is part of three guys who are by far the best players to have ever played tennis.
Dominic Thiem
I couldn’t be happier to be done, to be in the quarter-finals and to watch that, relax from home. I’m also very excited for that match, obviously it’s going to be such an entertaining contest tonight and then also in two days, it doesn’t matter who I face.
Dominic Thiem
It’s a really special thing with the tiebreak in the third, it creates lots of close moments and match points on either side. It’s also a little bit of luck at the end.
Dominic Thiem
Im far away from 100%, like this, its very tough to win.
Dominic Thiem
I’m not the one who has the pressure.
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