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ATP World Tour Season In Review: Quotebook
ATPWorldTour.com looks back on the year in the words of those who made it all happen. Here’s the wit, the wisdom (and some occasional wackiness) from today’s top players, our Top 100 Quotes of 2015. Our first installment, Nos. 1-50:
1. “It's the best year of my life, no question about it.” — Novak Djokovic
2. “Once you find that peace, that place of peace and quiet, harmony and confidence, that's when you start playing your best.” — Roger Federer
3. “You don't play someone's reputation.” — John Millman on the prospect of facing Roger Federer in Brisbane
4. “I'm always sort of looking in the mirror and saying, ‘That's who I have to compare myself to: to myself.’” — Milos Raonic
5. “My brother is telling me that 'Anything is Pospisil' is trending on Twitter. That's always nice to hear.” — Vasek Pospisil
6. “I feel more comfortable living in Japan. They have much better food.” — Kei Nishikori
7. “It's important to know your limitations as a player so you don't pull off shots that are totally stupid.” — Roger Federer
8. “I like all the surfaces, to be honest. I don't discriminate any of them.” — Grigor Dimitrov
9. “Pressure is part of what we do. It's always present.” — Novak Djokovic
10. “I was never pegged to be the next great American tennis player by any means. I wasn't a prodigy. I'm a late-bloomer. Whatever happens, I'm proud of what I've done.” — John Isner
11. “I was assured that it's gluten-free, it's not processed, completely organic and natural and I could eat it.” — Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic on the Centre Court grass at the All England Club
12. “Nobody had ever touched a tennis racquet in my family, so it was a sign of destiny. God and life have arranged things for me to play this sport.” — Novak Djokovic
13. “Was the guy from One Direction here?” — Thanasi Kokkinakis at the Queen’s Club
14. “One thing I do have is guts. I will go for it. My whole life is about perseverance, just trying to find a way to succeed. Sometimes the chips are against you; sometimes they fool you.” — Leander Paes
15. “Scared? I don't like this word. I don't like to say we have fear. There are moments when it's more difficult than others when we are looking for solutions, but we are not scared. We are not afraid.” — Gael Monfils
16. “From when you walk onto the court, you start every match as equal.” — Andy Murray
17. “It’s this crazy number. It’s just so long and it looks so good, looks so great, so grand and everything. Now we’re on to 2,000, right?” — Roger Federer, who reached the 1,000-win milestone in Brisbane
18. “Twenty-seven titles: Brugnon, Lacoste, Borotra, Cochet — oh là là.” — Pierre-Hughes Herbert on France’s legendary Four Musketeers, who combined for 27 Grand Slam doubles championships
19. “I love the back-against-the-wall situation.” — Lleyton Hewitt
20. “I’ve won much more than I ever dreamed.” — Rafael Nadal
21. “I don't like revenge. It doesn't come from positive emotion.” — Novak Djokovic
22. “I won't be turning into Novak anytime soon.” — John Isner on his return game
23. “I have two lives, and all the problems I might have, I feel like I drop them once I step on to the match court.” — Roger Federer
24. “‘If’ doesn't exist in sport.” — Rafael Nadal
25. “You go through the pain barrier out there on the court.” — Lleyton Hewitt
26. “Try your best. Fight hard until the last point. That's all that you can do on the court.” — Tomas Berdych
27. “There are no shortcuts. Play your best tennis, give your heart out and anything can happen.” — Grigor Dimitrov
28. “You cannot shy away from entering the long, grueling points and moving your opponent side to side and him doing the same with you. If you’re scared of that, you won't go very far.” — Roger Federer
29. “It's simple: just keep fighting and keep believing; try not to show weakness out there.” — John Isner
30. “Success is being happy. It's not about winning every single tournament.” — Andy Murray
31. “When you win, when you lose, it's not because of the racquet. Never. It's because of yourself.” — Rafael Nadal
32. “Tennis is a funny sport sometimes; you can be up winning, and all of a sudden it can change with one shot.” — Bernard Tomic
33. “I'm not trying to be anyone else. I'm just myself.” — Nick Kyrgios
34. “I'm a country boy. I always wanted to play on the big courts. That was my dream. Now I'm living that dream.” — Sam Groth
35. “Tennis is an extremely difficult sport.” — Andy Murray
36. “In this sport you always can fall down.” — Rafael Nadal
37. “The serve is the only thing you know about yourself when you play tennis. Nobody can touch you when you serve. Nobody can disturb you. You have the ball in hand.” — Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
38. “If you enjoy the sport, respect the game, the game will give back to you.” — Bernard Tomic
39. “For me, a finalist trophy is not the same. Everybody knows that.” — Roger Federer
40. “We shouldn't spend too many words about him. We all know how good he is. He's the greatest ever.” — Novak Djokovic on Roger Federer
41. “Sometimes you make mistakes, but it's important to get out of those crisis times as soon as possible.” — Novak Djokovic
42. “Let's make another 500, you know? Let's try to chase Roger now.” — Tomas Berdych after winning his 500th career match in Dubai
43. “Every day is a different day. Every day is a chance for me to improve.” — Rafael Nadal
44. “You can lose concentration at any time in a match. We, as humans, do that all the time, and it's really about how quickly you can get it back.” — Andy Murray
45. “He does everything the best. That's why he's No. 1 in the world. There is no surface he's a slouch on.” — John Isner on Novak Djokovic
46. “The game is bigger than any athletes we've ever had.” — Roger Federer
47. “You are the hunted one.” — Novak Djokovic on life at No. 1
48. “Sometimes your game is not there.” — Grigor Dimitrov
49. “It's not so simple to just stay in the moment and trust your game and your strength that you can turn it around.” — Roger Federer
50. “I believe in old-school hard work.” — Roger Federer

ATP World Tour Season In Review: Quotebook
ATPWorldTour.com looks back on the year in the words of those who made it all happen. Here’s the wit, the wisdom (and some occasional wackiness) from today’s top players, our Top 100 Quotes of 2015. Our second installment, Nos. 51-100:
51. “Nobody's invincible. I don't think something like that exists.” — Novak Djokovic
52. “My goal is not to make new records in Asia; it's to be one of the best players in the world.” — Kei Nishikori
53. “We sort of came up with the name ‘Sneak Attack By Roger’ — SABR. I don't know, call it ‘Fed Attack,’ call it whatever you want.” — Roger Federer on his new chip-and-charge attack
54. “We do have our days where we're sick of each other.” — Mike Bryan on his partnership with his twin brother, Bob
55. “You're never going to get that feeling again, just like the winning sort of feeling. Nothing will ever duplicate that. That's what I'll miss most.” — Mardy Fish
56. “I do question myself even in the best of times.” — Roger Federer
57. “It was a great privilege and honor to be the No. 1 in the sport that has captured my heart from the first moment that I stepped on the court.” — Novak Djokovic
58. “The amount I hate to lose is, I think, pretty extraordinary.” — Milos Raonic
59. “I guess I'm maturing in my old age.” — Marinko Matosevic, 30
60. “Not many people in sport get to go out on their terms.” — Lleyton Hewitt
61. “In tennis, always one guy has to win and one guy has to lose. One has got the press conference he dreads.” — Roger Federer
62. “I'm not trying to hit it fast; I'm trying hit it in.” — Power server Sam Groth
63. “If you hold on to your emotions, you don’t actually talk about them. Over time, I don’t think that’s a good thing. It’s good to be able to talk about how you feel.” — Andy Murray
64. “I have no problem accepting criticism, because I've gotten so many compliments over the years.” — Roger Federer
65. “I can't really overpower anyone anymore. That's why I choose the young, powerful partners.” — Daniel Nestor, 43
66. “It makes the game a whole lot easier when you can serve like that.” — Andy Murray on John Isner
67. “We see so many times guys ride waves of wins at times in their career based on only confidence. You only get it two ways: one is winning matches and two is hard work.” — Sam Groth
68. “The real thing today is I know where I am, I know who I am.” — Rafael Nadal
69. “It's a game of inches sometimes.” — John Millman
70. “You want to win every event, that's for sure. That's what you prepare for. But no one in the history of this game has ever done that.” — Andy Murray
71. “Almost doesn’t matter how you lose — losing is never fun.” — Roger Federer
72. “Victories are the best medicine possible.” — Rafael Nadal
73. “You have to treat every player with respect. Every round should be like a final.” — Bernard Tomic
74. “I don't know if I should say it out loud. Somebody might steal it. It is somewhere in the Midwest region of the United States.” — Jack Sock on where he keeps his Wimbledon doubles trophy
75. “It's in a safe.” — Stan Wawrinka on where he keeps his 2014 Australian Open trophy
76. “When I go back home, I'm not a tennis player anymore. I'm a father and a husband.” — Novak Djokovic
77. “I'm not afraid of time passing by; quite the opposite. I can tell you that physically I will be at my best and more mature.” — Gael Monfils, 29
78. “You can be stubborn and successful or you can give it up a bit and change things around. For me it's important to have a bit of both.” — Roger Federer
79. “It's a challenge because if throughout your life everybody's working for you to be the best you can be, kind of feeding you with compliments, with confidence, eventually you're ego starts growing. You have to battle with that ego and just leave it aside.” — Novak Djokovic
80. “If there’s one thing that I learned in the sport it’s to recover fast and to leave things behind.” — Novak Djokovic
81. “I'm not planning on trying to break anybody's hearts. This is tennis. This is sport. All I'm trying to do is beat the guy on the other side of the net.” — Andy Murray
82. “My goals nowadays are short‑term. I'm thinking in small goals.” — Rafel Nadal
83. “There is no disgrace in losing to him.” — Andy Murray on Novak Djokovic
84. “There is not many guys that work as hard as him.” — Gilles Muller on Andy Murray
85. “It will probably go down as the best lefty forehand of all time.” — Tim Smyczek on Rafael Nadal’s forehand
86. “Roger asks many questions, and I have to find many answers.” — Gael Monfils on facing Roger Federer
87. “I'll always mix it up and make it uncomfortable for my opponent. I'm not going to play the way they like it.” — Roger Federer
88. “When my boy arrived in this life, on this planet, it was completely a new dimension of experience for me and my wife. I'm still riding on the wave of that experience.” — Novak Djokovic
89. “He will be remembered as being just a fantastic competitor. He hated to lose.” — Andy Murray on Lleyton Hewitt
90. “Sport is simple. The winner is the player who plays better.” — Rafael Nadal
91. “Everything has to come natural for you, I feel, on the tennis court.” — Bernard Tomic
92. “I'm eager. I'm very eager.” — Milos Raonic
93. “It's good to get around the big dogs a little bit.” — Thanasi Kokkinakis
94. “Tennis is a complex sport. Very quickly you always have to reset your mind because you always have a next match tomorrow.” — Novak Djokovic
95. “There is only a winner and loser, nothing in between.” — Tomas Berdych
96. “I don't take anything for granted. I try to be aware that there are thousands of players around the world who are fighting equally as I am to be in this position.” — Novak Djokovic
97. “Confidence comes back when you win matches. If you don't win matches, you don't have confidence.” — Rafael Nadal
98. “I don't like to say where my limits are. I try to just be in the moment, use my imagination, and all of a sudden your possibilities become limitless.” — Novak Djokovic
99. “I love tennis. Without it I don't know what I would do.” — Donald Young
100. “Everyone has to call 'time' at some stage.” — Lleyton Hewitt, who will retire following the 2016 Australian Open