You 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.
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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I always believe if you’re stuck in a hole and maybe things aren’t going well you will come out stronger. Everything in life is this way.
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The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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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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There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it.
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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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I have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.
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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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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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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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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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It’s just unreal, I’m shocked myself. I’ve played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody.
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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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I think it’s very hard for coaches to work with me. They’ll no doubt have a good CV afterwards, but at the same time they’re under a lot of pressure.
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You have to believe in the long term plan you have but you need the short term goals to motivate and inspire you.
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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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