Early in my career, I had no consistency. Now I’m the most consistent player on the tour. It feels pretty good.
ROGER FEDERERIt is always in my mind still that I can crush anybody. That’s not an issue. But I think that is the same for most athletes. If you don’t believe you can win tournaments anymore, then you can’t do it.
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Success is a nice thing because it always means you’ve taken a step forward and it gives you a sense of pride, which in turn gives you confidence and experience-a positive circle, so to speak.
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I always believe if you’re stuck in a hole and maybe things aren’t going well you will come out stronger. Everything in life is this way.
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I have learnt to be even more patient.
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There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it.
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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.
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You know, I don’t only play for the record books.
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I fear no one, but respect everyone.
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Once you reach a good level in tennis it fills you with a lot of motivation. I hope I can do it for a long time.
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I used to do a lot of video analysis early on, but more for pleasure and looking at my own technique.
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The more I lose, the more they believe they can beat me. But believing is not enough, you still have to beat me.
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It is always in my mind still that I can crush anybody. That’s not an issue. But I think that is the same for most athletes. If you don’t believe you can win tournaments anymore, then you can’t do it.
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You have to believe in the long term plan you have but you need the short term goals to motivate and inspire you.
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The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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Watching a movie a couple of weeks ago. An American movie. I can’t remember the name, but it wasn’t even a sad movie. It caught me off guard. I was on an airplane.
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I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.
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Every match I go into, I’m the huge favorite. I lose a set and it’s, like, crazy.
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Maybe further down the road in my career, in a couple of years when I’m maybe not that fast any more around the court, then maybe it would be good to come to the net a little bit more often.
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I don’t mind fans coming up in a friendly, respectful way. That’s all part of the fun of being a top tennis player. But if people take pictures without permission, particularly if my children are in the shot, I feel uncomfortable.
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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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I’m not the kind of guy who wakes up angry.
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I’ve always been aware that the image you patiently construct for an entire career can be ruined in a minute. It scares you a bit, but that’s the way things are.
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But so far I have the feeling that the chances are there to repeat last year’s season.
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I’ve done so many interviews over the years in so many different languages. Radios. Papers. Magazines. There’s always another interview to do. It’s quite something, I have to say.
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Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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I don’t know how you can go through a four-hour match with Rafa and he never gets a time violation.
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When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
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