You know, I don’t only play for the record books.
ROGER FEDERERI have a very strong opinion. I’m absolutely against it. I’m against the challenge system. I’m for the way it is right now. Don’t change that.
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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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Oh, my God, I don’t think any player can look forward to or expect to a career of so many Grand Slam wins or title wins or being so long at the top of the game.
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With all the injury problems we have in men’s tennis at the moment, I’m happy to still be standing.
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Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
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I had a nice dinner. I let the evening unfold, flow. I like to sit in a chair with a wine glass. When I woke up, I thought, ‘Why didn’t I go to bed at 11?’ I came back at 3 and went to bed at 5.
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Success is a nice thing because it always means you’ve taken a step forward and it gives you a sense of pride, which in turn gives you confidence and experience-a positive circle, so to speak.
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When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
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I would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.
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I enjoyed the position I was in as a tennis player. I was to blame when I lost. I was to blame when I won. And I really like that, because I played soccer a lot too, and I couldn’t stand it when I had to blame it on the goalkeeper.
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My family is the thing I miss most on the tour.
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Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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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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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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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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In the locker room I was getting impatient to get on the court, I had to warm up several times.
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I don’t mind fans coming up in a friendly, respectful way. That’s all part of the fun of being a top tennis player. But if people take pictures without permission, particularly if my children are in the shot, I feel uncomfortable.
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I love tennis! I’ve always felt like this because it is such a classy sport with a great, competitive flair to it.
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Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
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The more I lose, the more they believe they can beat me. But believing is not enough, you still have to beat me.
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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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But so far I have the feeling that the chances are there to repeat last year’s season.
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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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Clearly, when you win everything, it’s fun. That doesn’t necessarily mean you love the game more.
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Being down match point, it’s just not fun.
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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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