Seriously. 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
More Roger Federer Quotes
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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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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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I used to do a lot of video analysis early on, but more for pleasure and looking at my own technique.
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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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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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I have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.
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When you’re good at something, make that everything
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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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I definitely feel there’s room for improvement.
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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.
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I can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
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With all the injury problems we have in men’s tennis at the moment, I’m happy to still be standing.
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I’m proud to be a symbol like the army knife or the mountains.
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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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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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