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.
ROGER FEDERERClearly, when you win everything, it’s fun. That doesn’t necessarily mean you love the game more.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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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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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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I enjoyed the position I was in as a tennis player. I was to blame when I lost. I was to blame when I won. And I really like that, because I played soccer a lot too, and I couldn’t stand it when I had to blame it on the goalkeeper.
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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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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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I feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon. But I don’t dislike it.
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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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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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I always knew I had something special.
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When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
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I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.
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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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There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it.
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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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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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