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.
ROGER FEDERERMy favorite shot is always gonna be the forehand. It used to always be my favorite shot when I was young, so it’s the one I’ve won all the points with.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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Being down match point, it’s just not fun.
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One of my big, big strengths I think early on in my career was that I could learn very quickly. You wouldn’t have to tell me the things 10 times or 50 times until I would understand them. You would only have to tell me two or three times.
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When you’re good at something, make that everything
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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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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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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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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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My wife doesn’t like Football but she watches it just for Messi.
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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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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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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.
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The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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One 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.
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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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It doesn’t need to be the same every day, doesn’t need to be the same shower I use, the same restaurant I go to, the same hour I go to sleep. I’ve always been very flexible. I don’t care if I practice at nine in the morning or 10 P.M.
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