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.
ROGER FEDERERConfidence? 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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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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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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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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I’m proud to be a symbol like the army knife or the mountains.
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Once you find that peace, that place of peace and quiet, harmony and confidence, that’s when you start playing your best.
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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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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 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.
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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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I have learnt to be even more patient.
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I can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
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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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It’s just unreal, I’m shocked myself. I’ve played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody.
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I always knew I had something special.
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