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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.

Roger Federer

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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Best Love Play Sports Try Win Yourself
Hopefully I can just have another terrible year with only the one Grand Slam and that will be just fine.
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Fine Hope Myself Oneself
I don’t know how you can go through a four-hour match with Rafa and he never gets a time violation.
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Myself Time Violation Yourself
One of my big, big strengths I think early on in my career was that I could learn very quickly. You wouldn’t have to tell me the things 10 times or 50 times until I would understand them. You would only have to tell me two or three times.
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Big Career Oneself Quick Strength Thinking Time Understand
Watching a movie a couple of weeks ago. An American movie. I can’t remember the name, but it wasn’t even a sad movie. It caught me off guard. I was on an airplane.
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Couple Movie Myself Remember Sad
I definitely feel there’s room for improvement.
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Change Feeling Improvement Myself Room
I would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.
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Idol Myself
Once you find that peace, that place of peace and quiet, harmony and confidence, that’s when you start playing your best.
ROGER FEDERER

Best Harmony Peace Place Play Quiet Start Yourself
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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Seriously. I’m not playing to prove anything to journalists. I’m playing for myself, for my fans,to make people happy.
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There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it.
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Acceptance Hard Work Way
Maybe further down the road in my career, in a couple of years when I’m maybe not that fast any more around the court, then maybe it would be good to come to the net a little bit more often.
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Career Couple Fast Goodness Myself Road
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 have learnt to be even more patient.
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Learning Myself One Liner Patience
I’ve always been aware that the image you patiently construct for an entire career can be ruined in a minute. It scares you a bit, but that’s the way things are.
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Career Image Myself Patience Ruin Yourself
I’m proud to be a symbol like the army knife or the mountains.
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Fame Myself Proud Recognition

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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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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