Being down match point, it’s just not fun.
ROGER FEDERERI 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’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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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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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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Hopefully I can just have another terrible year with only the one Grand Slam and that will be just fine.
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I can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
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My family is the thing I miss most on the tour.
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You’ve never seen me dance, have you?
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I love tennis! I’ve always felt like this because it is such a classy sport with a great, competitive flair to it.
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Success is a nice thing because it always means you’ve taken a step forward and it gives you a sense of pride, which in turn gives you confidence and experience-a positive circle, so to speak.
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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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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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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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The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
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The nicer the point, the more — the better I feel, the more excited I get. But I never play that my opponent looks stupid. I think that is wrong. I have too much respect for every opponent I play.
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