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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.

Roger Federer

I don’t mind fans coming up in a friendly, respectful way. That’s all part of the fun of being a top tennis player. But if people take pictures without permission, particularly if my children are in the shot, I feel uncomfortable.
ROGER FEDERER

Children Comfortable Friendship Fun Myself People Photograph Player
My family is the thing I miss most on the tour.
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Family Missing Myself
When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
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Dream Moments Myself Togetherness Thinking Wild Win
It’s just unreal, I’m shocked myself. I’ve played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody.
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Destroy Goodness Myself Play Reality
One or two years ago, I didn’t know who I was on court and I used to swear a lot. But now I’ve learned how to cope and can therefore win 10 matches in a row. I want to be remembered as a good player rather than an idiot on court.
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Goodness Idiot Learning Myself Oneself Player Remember
I’m playing great tennis. I’m enjoying the tour, having fun with the fans off the court. I’m loving it now.
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Fans Fun Greatness Myself Play Sports
Clearly, when you win everything, it’s fun. That doesn’t necessarily mean you love the game more.
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Fun Game Love Necessary Win Yourself
I think it’s very hard for coaches to work with me. They’ll no doubt have a good CV afterwards, but at the same time they’re under a lot of pressure.
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Doubt Myself Pressure Thinking Time
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
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’ve done so many interviews over the years in so many different languages. Radios. Papers. Magazines. There’s always another interview to do. It’s quite something, I have to say.
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Different Language Myself Quite Talk
I’m proud to be a symbol like the army knife or the mountains.
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Fame Myself Proud Recognition
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
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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Beautiful Important Play Sports
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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Happiness Myself Technique
In the locker room I was getting impatient to get on the court, I had to warm up several times.
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Myself Patience Time
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.
ROGER FEDERER

Big Career Oneself Quick Strength Thinking Time Understand
Obviously, matches and all that stuff takes its toll on your body and so forth. But as you get sort of a bit older, a bit wiser, and a bit more experienced, you know also how to handle it.
ROGER FEDERER

Body Experience Old Wisdom Yourself
It’s not so simple to just stay in the moment and trust your game and your strength that you can turn it around.
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Game Moments Simplicity Stay Strength Trust Yourself
Sometimes I am a different character in different languages. I have different enjoyment from them. Sometimes different answers come out of me. Like, I didnt even know that about me. I get to know myself through different languages, actually.
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Character Different Identity Language Myself
Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
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Inspirational Mental Myself One Liner
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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Athlete Family Marriage Mindset Myself Thinking
I am a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.
ROGER FEDERER

Difficult Help Moments Myself Positive Thinking
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.
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Confidence Growth Play Player Remember Start
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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Best Harmony Peace Place Play Quiet Start Yourself
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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Myself Right Tournament Win
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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