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.
ROGER FEDERERSeriously. I’m not playing to prove anything to journalists. I’m playing for myself, for my fans,to make people happy.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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It is always in my mind still that I can crush anybody. That’s not an issue. But I think that is the same for most athletes. If you don’t believe you can win tournaments anymore, then you can’t do it.
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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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One should just be able to play a perfect game.
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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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My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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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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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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Hopefully I can just have another terrible year with only the one Grand Slam and that will be just fine.
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I have learnt to be even more patient.
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I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.
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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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My 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.
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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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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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