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.
ROGER FEDERERMy game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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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 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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No, I’m not (disappointed). There’s no reason to be because I’m on an incredible run. You always expect a loss once in a while. So when it happens, why be disappointed if I win over 90% of my matches.
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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’m proud to be a symbol like the army knife or the mountains.
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You can be stubborn and successful or you can give it up a bit and change things around. For me it’s important to have a bit of both.
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You know, I don’t only play for the record books.
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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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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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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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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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Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
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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.
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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 never waited 27 years, because 27 years ago I was just born. My parents never told me, ‘If you don’t win Roland Garros we take you to the orphanage.
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