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.
ROGER FEDERERBeing a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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One should just be able to play a perfect game.
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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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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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Clearly, when you win everything, it’s fun. That doesn’t necessarily mean you love the game more.
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I 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.
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Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn’t get more consistent than this year.
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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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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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I always knew I had something special.
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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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I have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.
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I’m proud to be a symbol like the army knife or the mountains.
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I’m playing great tennis. I’m enjoying the tour, having fun with the fans off the court. I’m loving it now.
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Being down match point, it’s just not fun.
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The serve, I think, is the most difficult, you know, in terms of coordination, because you got the two arms going, and you got to toss it up at the right time so.
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My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
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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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I am a sucker for those old traditional places, and Rome is as good as it gets, particularly when you throw in Italian food.
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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.
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Watching a movie a couple of weeks ago. An American movie. I can’t remember the name, but it wasn’t even a sad movie. It caught me off guard. I was on an airplane.
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I have learnt to be even more patient.
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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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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 definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.
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The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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