I’m proud to be a symbol like the army knife or the mountains.
ROGER FEDERERI 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.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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I love tennis! I’ve always felt like this because it is such a classy sport with a great, competitive flair to it.
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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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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 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.
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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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For me, I’m in the driver’s seat; I’m No. 1 in the world. I’ve won the last couple of meetings, and I’ve won the big tournaments lately. Whoever comes, I’ll try to beat him. But it’s almost up to me to decide who’s my rival, isn’t it?
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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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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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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 am a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.
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When you’re good at something, make that everything
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The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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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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I’ve done so many interviews over the years in so many different languages. Radios. Papers. Magazines. There’s always another interview to do. It’s quite something, I have to say.
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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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My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
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I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.
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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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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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Hopefully I can just have another terrible year with only the one Grand Slam and that will be just fine.
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No, I’m not (disappointed). There’s no reason to be because I’m on an incredible run. You always expect a loss once in a while. So when it happens, why be disappointed if I win over 90% of my matches.
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You know, I don’t only play for the record books.
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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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I definitely feel there’s room for improvement.
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Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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I’m at the top of my game so, when I win or lose, I don’t freak out…I don’t think we can call it a rivalry yet. There’s just to many great players around.
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