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.
ROGER FEDERERYou 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.
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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Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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You’ve never seen me dance, have you?
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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 would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.
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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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Every match I go into, I’m the huge favorite. I lose a set and it’s, like, crazy.
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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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Clearly, when you win everything, it’s fun. That doesn’t necessarily mean you love the game more.
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A man who wins, is a man who thinks he can.
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I have a very strong opinion. I’m absolutely against it. I’m against the challenge system. I’m for the way it is right now. Don’t change that.
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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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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.
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I was aware of how incredible the match was. Unfortunately there had to be a winner. From my point of view many left feeling sorry for me instead of being happy for Rafa. Which hurts.
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