I am thinking more and more about what I want to and can do after my days as an active athlete. Thoughts like family and marriage also cross my mind more and more often.
ROGER FEDERERI 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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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.
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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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Once you reach a good level in tennis it fills you with a lot of motivation. I hope I can do it for a long time.
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Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
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The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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I think it’s very hard for coaches to work with me. They’ll no doubt have a good CV afterwards, but at the same time they’re under a lot of pressure.
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In the locker room I was getting impatient to get on the court, I had to warm up several times.
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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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Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
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A man who wins, is a man who thinks he can.
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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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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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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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