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 FEDEREROne should just be able to play a perfect game.
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I have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.
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The crowds are very important for tennis. It makes you play better, but it can also make you nervous and that’s the beauty of it.
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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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Early in my career, I had no consistency. Now I’m the most consistent player on the tour. It feels pretty good.
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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 fear no one, but respect everyone.
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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.
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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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When you do something best in life, you don’t really want to give that up – and for me it’s tennis.
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I definitely feel there’s room for improvement.
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I’m not the kind of guy who wakes up angry.
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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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My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
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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 down match point, it’s just not fun.
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