Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn’t get more consistent than this year.
ROGER FEDERERI’ve always been aware that the image you patiently construct for an entire career can be ruined in a minute. It scares you a bit, but that’s the way things are.
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Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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I fear no one, but respect everyone.
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The crowds are very important for tennis. It makes you play better, but it can also make you nervous and that’s the beauty of it.
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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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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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A man who wins, is a man who thinks he can.
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Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
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It’s not so simple to just stay in the moment and trust your game and your strength that you can turn it around.
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Oh, my God, I don’t think any player can look forward to or expect to a career of so many Grand Slam wins or title wins or being so long at the top of the game.
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There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it.
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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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You know, I don’t only play for the record books.
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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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You’ve never seen me dance, have you?
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I have two lives, and all the problems I might have, I feel like I drop them once I step on to the match court.
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I definitely feel there’s room for improvement.
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Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
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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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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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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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The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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It’s just unreal, I’m shocked myself. I’ve played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody.
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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.
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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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Confidence? Are you kidding me? I mean, please. Look, some players grow up and play like that. I remember losing junior matches. Just being down 5-2 in the third, and they all just start slapping shots.
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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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