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Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.

Roger Federer

I used to do a lot of video analysis early on, but more for pleasure and looking at my own technique.
ROGER FEDERER

Happiness Myself Technique
In the locker room I was getting impatient to get on the court, I had to warm up several times.
ROGER FEDERER

Myself Patience Time
Hopefully I can just have another terrible year with only the one Grand Slam and that will be just fine.
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Fine Hope Myself Oneself
You always want to win. That is why you play tennis, because you love the sport and try to be the best you can at it.
ROGER FEDERER

Best Love Play Sports Try Win Yourself
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.
ROGER FEDERER

Change Morning Need Practice Sleep
I had a nice dinner. I let the evening unfold, flow. I like to sit in a chair with a wine glass. When I woke up, I thought, ‘Why didn’t I go to bed at 11?’ I came back at 3 and went to bed at 5.
ROGER FEDERER

Bed Early Food Myself Wake Up
I don’t know how you can go through a four-hour match with Rafa and he never gets a time violation.
ROGER FEDERER

Myself Time Violation Yourself
Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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Father Husband Priority
I am a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.
ROGER FEDERER

Difficult Help Moments Myself Positive Thinking
My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
ROGER FEDERER

Game Move Myself Play
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.
ROGER FEDERER

Career Couple Fast Goodness Myself Road
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.
ROGER FEDERER

Children Dream Enough Hope Myself Play See World
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.
ROGER FEDERER

Change Give Up Important Success Yourself
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.
ROGER FEDERER

Body Experience Old Wisdom Yourself
But so far I have the feeling that the chances are there to repeat last year’s season.
ROGER FEDERER

Chance Feeling Myself
Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn’t get more consistent than this year.
ROGER FEDERER

Career Consistency Myself Struggle

Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.

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