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.
ROGER FEDERERConfidence? Are you kidding me? I mean, please. Look, some players grow up and play like that. I remember losing junior matches. Just being down 5-2 in the third, and they all just start slapping shots.
More Roger Federer Quotes
-
-
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.
ROGER FEDERER -
When you do something best in life, you don’t really want to give that up – and for me it’s tennis.
ROGER FEDERER -
In the locker room I was getting impatient to get on the court, I had to warm up several times.
ROGER FEDERER -
I had a nice dinner. I let the evening unfold, flow. I like to sit in a chair with a wine glass. When I woke up, I thought, ‘Why didn’t I go to bed at 11?’ I came back at 3 and went to bed at 5.
ROGER FEDERER -
For me, I’m in the driver’s seat; I’m No. 1 in the world. I’ve won the last couple of meetings, and I’ve won the big tournaments lately. Whoever comes, I’ll try to beat him. But it’s almost up to me to decide who’s my rival, isn’t it?
ROGER FEDERER -
The more I lose, the more they believe they can beat me. But believing is not enough, you still have to beat me.
ROGER FEDERER -
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.
ROGER FEDERER -
My favorite shot is always gonna be the forehand. It used to always be my favorite shot when I was young, so it’s the one I’ve won all the points with.
ROGER FEDERER -
But so far I have the feeling that the chances are there to repeat last year’s season.
ROGER FEDERER -
You know, I don’t only play for the record books.
ROGER FEDERER -
Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
ROGER FEDERER -
With all the injury problems we have in men’s tennis at the moment, I’m happy to still be standing.
ROGER FEDERER -
Sometimes I am a different character in different languages. I have different enjoyment from them. Sometimes different answers come out of me. Like, I didnt even know that about me. I get to know myself through different languages, actually.
ROGER FEDERER -
It’s just unreal, I’m shocked myself. I’ve played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody.
ROGER FEDERER -
I used to do a lot of video analysis early on, but more for pleasure and looking at my own technique.
ROGER FEDERER