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.
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.
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I have learnt to be even more patient.
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Once you find that peace, that place of peace and quiet, harmony and confidence, that’s when you start playing your best.
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Clearly, when you win everything, it’s fun. That doesn’t necessarily mean you love the game more.
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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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It’s not so simple to just stay in the moment and trust your game and your strength that you can turn it around.
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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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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 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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My wife doesn’t like Football but she watches it just for Messi.
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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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Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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I definitely feel there’s room for improvement.
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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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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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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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