Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
ROGER FEDERERMy dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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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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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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I always knew I had something special.
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Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn’t get more consistent than this year.
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I don’t know how you can go through a four-hour match with Rafa and he never gets a time violation.
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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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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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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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It’s just unreal, I’m shocked myself. I’ve played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody.
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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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One should just be able to play a perfect game.
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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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Watching a movie a couple of weeks ago. An American movie. I can’t remember the name, but it wasn’t even a sad movie. It caught me off guard. I was on an airplane.
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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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