You know, I don’t only play for the record books.
ROGER FEDERERI never waited 27 years, because 27 years ago I was just born. My parents never told me, ‘If you don’t win Roland Garros we take you to the orphanage.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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Hopefully I can just have another terrible year with only the one Grand Slam and that will be just fine.
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I would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.
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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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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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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.
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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 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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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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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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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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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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There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it.
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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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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?
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