I don’t know how you can go through a four-hour match with Rafa and he never gets a time violation.
ROGER FEDERERWhat I think I’ve been able to do well over the years is play with pain, play with problems, play in all sorts of conditions.
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Obviously, matches and all that stuff takes its toll on your body and so forth. But as you get sort of a bit older, a bit wiser, and a bit more experienced, you know also how to handle it.
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Oh, my God, I don’t think any player can look forward to or expect to a career of so many Grand Slam wins or title wins or being so long at the top of the game.
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My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
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One or two years ago, I didn’t know who I was on court and I used to swear a lot. But now I’ve learned how to cope and can therefore win 10 matches in a row. I want to be remembered as a good player rather than an idiot on court.
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Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
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Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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Seriously. I’m not playing to prove anything to journalists. I’m playing for myself, for my fans,to make people happy.
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I can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
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I’m not the kind of guy who wakes up angry.
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The crowds are very important for tennis. It makes you play better, but it can also make you nervous and that’s the beauty of it.
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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it.
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I always had the dream that, once I became No 1 in the world, that if I had a child I hoped I would have it early enough so the child can see me playing.
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When you do something best in life, you don’t really want to give that up – and for me it’s tennis.
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I was aware of how incredible the match was. Unfortunately there had to be a winner. From my point of view many left feeling sorry for me instead of being happy for Rafa. Which hurts.
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