You have to believe in the long term plan you have but you need the short term goals to motivate and inspire you.
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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I used to do a lot of video analysis early on, but more for pleasure and looking at my own technique.
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I have learnt to be even more patient.
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I’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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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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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’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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Early in my career, I had no consistency. Now I’m the most consistent player on the tour. It feels pretty good.
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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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The nicer the point, the more — the better I feel, the more excited I get. But I never play that my opponent looks stupid. I think that is wrong. I have too much respect for every opponent I play.
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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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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 can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
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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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I never waited 27 years, because 27 years ago I was just born. My parents never told me, ‘If you don’t win Roland Garros we take you to the orphanage.
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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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