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.
ROGER FEDERERYou always want to win. That is why you play tennis, because you love the sport and try to be the best you can at it.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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I have learnt to be even more patient.
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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 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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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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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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Clearly, when you win everything, it’s fun. That doesn’t necessarily mean you love the game more.
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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?
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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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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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Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn’t get more consistent than this year.
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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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When you’re good at something, make that everything
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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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