Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
ROGER FEDERERMentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
ROGER FEDERERSeriously. I’m not playing to prove anything to journalists. I’m playing for myself, for my fans,to make people happy.
ROGER FEDERERWhen you’re good at something, make that everything
ROGER FEDERERI am a sucker for those old traditional places, and Rome is as good as it gets, particularly when you throw in Italian food.
ROGER FEDERERI can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
ROGER FEDERERI did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you’ve already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don’t know.
ROGER FEDERERI’ve done so many interviews over the years in so many different languages. Radios. Papers. Magazines. There’s always another interview to do. It’s quite something, I have to say.
ROGER FEDERERIt’s not so simple to just stay in the moment and trust your game and your strength that you can turn it around.
ROGER FEDERERThe 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.
ROGER FEDERERThe more I lose, the more they believe they can beat me. But believing is not enough, you still have to beat me.
ROGER FEDERERMy 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.
ROGER FEDERERI 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 FEDEREROne 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 FEDERERObviously, 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 FEDERERIt is always in my mind still that I can crush anybody. That’s not an issue. But I think that is the same for most athletes. If you don’t believe you can win tournaments anymore, then you can’t do it.
ROGER FEDERERWhat 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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