One should just be able to play a perfect game.
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.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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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 definitely feel there’s room for improvement.
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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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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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My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
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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 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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I am a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.
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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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Hopefully I can just have another terrible year with only the one Grand Slam and that will be just fine.
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You’ve never seen me dance, have you?
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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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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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Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
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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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A man who wins, is a man who thinks he can.
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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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I’ve done so many interviews over the years in so many different languages. Radios. Papers. Magazines. There’s always another interview to do. It’s quite something, I have to say.
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Every match I go into, I’m the huge favorite. I lose a set and it’s, like, crazy.
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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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There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it.
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It’s not so simple to just stay in the moment and trust your game and your strength that you can turn it around.
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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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I have learnt to be even more patient.
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What I think I’ve been able to do well over the years is play with pain, play with problems, play in all sorts of conditions.
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I would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.
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