Being down match point, it’s just not fun.
ROGER FEDERERClearly, when you win everything, it’s fun. That doesn’t necessarily mean you love the game more.
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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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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 have learnt to be even more patient.
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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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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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Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn’t get more consistent than this year.
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I always knew I had something special.
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One should just be able to play a perfect 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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Hopefully I can just have another terrible year with only the one Grand Slam and that will be just fine.
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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 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 always believe if you’re stuck in a hole and maybe things aren’t going well you will come out stronger. Everything in life is this way.
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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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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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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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My wife doesn’t like Football but she watches it just for Messi.
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It’s just unreal, I’m shocked myself. I’ve played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody.
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I would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.
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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’re good at something, make that everything
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Early in my career, I had no consistency. Now I’m the most consistent player on the tour. It feels pretty good.
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You know, I don’t only play for the record books.
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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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In the locker room I was getting impatient to get on the court, I had to warm up several times.
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For me, I’m in the driver’s seat; I’m No. 1 in the world. I’ve won the last couple of meetings, and I’ve won the big tournaments lately. Whoever comes, I’ll try to beat him. But it’s almost up to me to decide who’s my rival, isn’t it?
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