My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
ROGER FEDERERClearly, when you win everything, it’s fun. That doesn’t necessarily mean you love the game more.
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Seriously. I’m not playing to prove anything to journalists. I’m playing for myself, for my fans,to make people happy.
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I can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
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Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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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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Sometimes I am a different character in different languages. I have different enjoyment from them. Sometimes different answers come out of me. Like, I didnt even know that about me. I get to know myself through different languages, actually.
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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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Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
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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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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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I have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.
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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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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 used to do a lot of video analysis early on, but more for pleasure and looking at my own technique.
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A man who wins, is a man who thinks he can.
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Being down match point, it’s just not fun.
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