Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
ROGER FEDERERI 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.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.
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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 am a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.
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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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I always knew I had something special.
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You know, I don’t only play for the record books.
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The 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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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 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 did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you’ve already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don’t know.
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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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Maybe further down the road in my career, in a couple of years when I’m maybe not that fast any more around the court, then maybe it would be good to come to the net a little bit more often.
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Once you reach a good level in tennis it fills you with a lot of motivation. I hope I can do it for a long time.
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There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it.
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