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?
ROGER FEDERERI’m playing great tennis. I’m enjoying the tour, having fun with the fans off the court. I’m loving it now.
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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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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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I’m proud to be a symbol like the army knife or the mountains.
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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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One should just be able to play a perfect game.
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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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But so far I have the feeling that the chances are there to repeat last year’s season.
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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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Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn’t get more consistent than this year.
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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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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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Sometimes I am a different character in different languages. I have different enjoyment from them. Sometimes different answers come out of me. Like, I didnt even know that about me. I get to know myself through different languages, actually.
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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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Hopefully I can just have another terrible year with only the one Grand Slam and that will be just fine.
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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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