I don’t mind fans coming up in a friendly, respectful way. That’s all part of the fun of being a top tennis player. But if people take pictures without permission, particularly if my children are in the shot, I feel uncomfortable.
ROGER FEDERERI don’t know how you can go through a four-hour match with Rafa and he never gets a time violation.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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You’ve never seen me dance, have you?
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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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The more I lose, the more they believe they can beat me. But believing is not enough, you still have to beat me.
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You know, I don’t only play for the record books.
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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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Sometimes I am a different character in different languages. I have different enjoyment from them. Sometimes different answers come out of me. Like, I didnt even know that about me. I get to know myself through different languages, actually.
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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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But so far I have the feeling that the chances are there to repeat last year’s season.
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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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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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Clearly, when you win everything, it’s fun. That doesn’t necessarily mean you love the game more.
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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.
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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 have a very strong opinion. I’m absolutely against it. I’m against the challenge system. I’m for the way it is right now. Don’t change that.
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The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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