Being down match point, it’s just not fun.
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.
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Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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You know, I don’t only play for the record books.
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With all the injury problems we have in men’s tennis at the moment, I’m happy to still be standing.
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Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
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I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.
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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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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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I can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
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I don’t mind fans coming up in a friendly, respectful way. That’s all part of the fun of being a top tennis player. But if people take pictures without permission, particularly if my children are in the shot, I feel uncomfortable.
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When you’re good at something, make that everything
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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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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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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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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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My 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.
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