I have learnt to be even more patient.
ROGER FEDERERYou 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.
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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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What 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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I’m proud to be a symbol like the army knife or the mountains.
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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.
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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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Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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Confidence? 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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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 wife doesn’t like Football but she watches it just for Messi.
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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.
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You’ve never seen me dance, have you?
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One of my big, big strengths I think early on in my career was that I could learn very quickly. You wouldn’t have to tell me the things 10 times or 50 times until I would understand them. You would only have to tell me two or three times.
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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 nicer the point, the more — the better I feel, the more excited I get. But I never play that my opponent looks stupid. I think that is wrong. I have too much respect for every opponent I play.
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I have a very strong opinion. I’m absolutely against it. I’m against the challenge system. I’m for the way it is right now. Don’t change that.
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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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Being down match point, it’s just not fun.
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With all the injury problems we have in men’s tennis at the moment, I’m happy to still be standing.
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I am a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.
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I fear no one, but respect everyone.
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When you’re good at something, make that everything
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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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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 dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
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My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
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Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
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