You have to believe in the long term plan you have but you need the short term goals to motivate and inspire you.
ROGER FEDERERThe nicer the point, the more — the better I feel, the more excited I get. But I never play that my opponent looks stupid. I think that is wrong. I have too much respect for every opponent I play.
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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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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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I can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
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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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My 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.
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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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It doesn’t need to be the same every day, doesn’t need to be the same shower I use, the same restaurant I go to, the same hour I go to sleep. I’ve always been very flexible. I don’t care if I practice at nine in the morning or 10 P.M.
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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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I have learnt to be even more patient.
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I’m proud to be a symbol like the army knife or the mountains.
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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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No, I’m not (disappointed). There’s no reason to be because I’m on an incredible run. You always expect a loss once in a while. So when it happens, why be disappointed if I win over 90% of my matches.
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The serve, I think, is the most difficult, you know, in terms of coordination, because you got the two arms going, and you got to toss it up at the right time so.
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Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.
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