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I 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.

Roger Federer

I enjoyed the position I was in as a tennis player. I was to blame when I lost. I was to blame when I won. And I really like that, because I played soccer a lot too, and I couldn’t stand it when I had to blame it on the goalkeeper.
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Blame Enjoyment Goal Lost Myself Player Sports Win
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.
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Bed Early Food Myself Wake Up
It’s just unreal, I’m shocked myself. I’ve played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody.
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Destroy Goodness Myself Play Reality
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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Advice Father Live Money Myself Pay Travel
My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
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Game Move Myself Play
I was aware of how incredible the match was. Unfortunately there had to be a winner. From my point of view many left feeling sorry for me instead of being happy for Rafa. Which hurts.
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Feeling Happiness Hurt Myself Perspective Sorry View Win
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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Beautiful Important Play Sports
Every match I go into, I’m the huge favorite. I lose a set and it’s, like, crazy.
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Crazy Fame Myself
When you’re good at something, make that everything
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Goodness Inspirational One Liner Yourself
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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Evidence Fans Happiness People Play Serious
I’m at the top of my game so, when I win or lose, I don’t freak out…I don’t think we can call it a rivalry yet. There’s just to many great players around.
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Game Greatness Lose Myself Player Thinking Win
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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Best Give Up Life Myself Sports Yourself
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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Children Dream Enough Hope Myself Play See World
I am thinking more and more about what I want to and can do after my days as an active athlete. Thoughts like family and marriage also cross my mind more and more often.
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Athlete Family Marriage Mindset Myself Thinking
Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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Bad Myself Simplicity Start
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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Myself Time Violation Yourself
I definitely feel there’s room for improvement.
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Change Feeling Improvement Myself Room
Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn’t get more consistent than this year.
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Career Consistency Myself Struggle
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.
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Body Experience Old Wisdom Yourself
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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Challenge Change Myself Opinion Right Strong
I have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.
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Myself Sports Tournament
Early in my career, I had no consistency. Now I’m the most consistent player on the tour. It feels pretty good.
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Career Feeling Goodness Myself Play Pretty
You’ve never seen me dance, have you?
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Dance Funny Myself See Yourself
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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Career Couple Fast Goodness Myself Road
I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.
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Chance Myself Need Opportunity
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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Best Harmony Peace Place Play Quiet Start Yourself
I am a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.
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Difficult Help Moments Myself Positive Thinking

I 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.

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I 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.

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