I was aware of how incredible the match was. Unfortunately there had to be a winner. From my point of view many left feeling sorry for me instead of being happy for Rafa. Which hurts.
ROGER FEDERERI’m proud to be a symbol like the army knife or the mountains.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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I always knew I had something special.
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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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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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One should just be able to play a perfect game.
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I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.
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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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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.
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My wife doesn’t like Football but she watches it just for Messi.
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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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Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
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Being down match point, it’s just not fun.
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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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You have to believe in the long term plan you have but you need the short term goals to motivate and inspire you.
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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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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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