My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
ROGER FEDERERMy family is the thing I miss most on the tour.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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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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Every match I go into, I’m the huge favorite. I lose a set and it’s, like, crazy.
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I have two lives, and all the problems I might have, I feel like I drop them once I step on to the match court.
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My favorite shot is always gonna be the forehand. It used to always be my favorite shot when I was young, so it’s the one I’ve won all the points with.
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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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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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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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Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
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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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I can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
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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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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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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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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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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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