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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.

Roger Federer

I love tennis! I’ve always felt like this because it is such a classy sport with a great, competitive flair to it.
ROGER FEDERER

Competition Greatness Love Myself Sports
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?
ROGER FEDERER

Big Couple Decision Myself Rival Win World
I have learnt to be even more patient.
ROGER FEDERER

Learning Myself One Liner Patience
It 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 FEDERER

Athlete Believe Issues Mindset Myself Thinking Tournament Yourself
Once you find that peace, that place of peace and quiet, harmony and confidence, that’s when you start playing your best.
ROGER FEDERER

Best Harmony Peace Place Play Quiet Start Yourself
Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
ROGER FEDERER

Acceptance Better Man Sports Yourself
The more I lose, the more they believe they can beat me. But believing is not enough, you still have to beat me.
ROGER FEDERER

Believe Defeat Enough Inspirational Lose Myself
One should just be able to play a perfect game.
ROGER FEDERER

Game Oneself Perfection Play
I am a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.
ROGER FEDERER

Difficult Help Moments Myself Positive Thinking
When you do something best in life, you don’t really want to give that up – and for me it’s tennis.
ROGER FEDERER

Best Give Up Life Myself Sports Yourself
It’s not so simple to just stay in the moment and trust your game and your strength that you can turn it around.
ROGER FEDERER

Game Moments Simplicity Stay Strength Trust Yourself
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.
ROGER FEDERER

Myself Pain Play Problem Thinking
When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
ROGER FEDERER

Dream Moments Myself Togetherness Thinking Wild Win
You know, I don’t only play for the record books.
ROGER FEDERER

Book Myself Play Yourself
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.
ROGER FEDERER

Better Excitement Feeling Myself Nice Play Respect Rival Stupidity Thinking Wrong
Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn’t get more consistent than this year.
ROGER FEDERER

Career Consistency Myself Struggle

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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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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