Roger Federer Quotes

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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Competition Greatness Love Myself Sports
Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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Bad Myself Simplicity Start
Every match I go into, I’m the huge favorite. I lose a set and it’s, like, crazy.
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Crazy Fame Myself
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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Couple Movie Myself Remember Sad
Obviously, matches and all that stuff takes its toll on your body and so forth. But as you get sort of a bit older, a bit wiser, and a bit more experienced, you know also how to handle it.
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Body Experience Old Wisdom Yourself
Success is a nice thing because it always means you’ve taken a step forward and it gives you a sense of pride, which in turn gives you confidence and experience-a positive circle, so to speak.
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Circle Confidence Experience Positive Pride Success Talk Yourself
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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Beautiful Important Play Sports
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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Man Moments Problem Sports
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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Feeling Happiness Hurt Myself Perspective Sorry View Win
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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Born Myself Orphan Parents Wait Yourself
One should just be able to play a perfect game.
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Game Oneself Perfection Play
The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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Fate Luck Oneself Yourself
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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Change Give Up Important Success Yourself
I’m not the kind of guy who wakes up angry.
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Angry Guy Kind Myself Wake Up
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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Food Goodness Myself Place
My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
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Game Move Myself Play
My family is the thing I miss most on the tour.
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Family Missing Myself
I always knew I had something special.
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Ability Myself Self Love Talent
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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Confidence Growth Play Player Remember Start
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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Athlete Believe Issues Mindset Myself Thinking Tournament Yourself
You always want to win. That is why you play tennis, because you love the sport and try to be the best you can at it.
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Best Love Play Sports Try Win Yourself
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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Children Dream Enough Hope Myself Play See World
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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Challenge Change Myself Opinion Right Strong
I have learnt to be even more patient.
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Learning Myself One Liner Patience
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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Athlete Family Marriage Mindset Myself Thinking
One or two years ago, I didn’t know who I was on court and I used to swear a lot. But now I’ve learned how to cope and can therefore win 10 matches in a row. I want to be remembered as a good player rather than an idiot on court.
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Goodness Idiot Learning Myself Oneself Player Remember
I’m playing great tennis. I’m enjoying the tour, having fun with the fans off the court. I’m loving it now.
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Fans Fun Greatness Myself Play Sports

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