When you do something best in life, you don’t really want to give that up – and for me it’s tennis.
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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Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
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I’m at the top of my game so, when I win or lose, I don’t freak out…I don’t think we can call it a rivalry yet. There’s just to many great players around.
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I have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.
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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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Being down match point, it’s just not fun.
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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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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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Hopefully I can just have another terrible year with only the one Grand Slam and that will be just fine.
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Once you find that peace, that place of peace and quiet, harmony and confidence, that’s when you start playing your best.
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Every match I go into, I’m the huge favorite. I lose a set and it’s, like, crazy.
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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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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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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 am a sucker for those old traditional places, and Rome is as good as it gets, particularly when you throw in Italian food.
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I’m proud to be a symbol like the army knife or the mountains.
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