Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn’t get more consistent than this year.
ROGER FEDERER
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.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn’t get more consistent than this year.
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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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My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
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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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I always knew I had something special.
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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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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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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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You have to believe in the long term plan you have but you need the short term goals to motivate and inspire you.
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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.
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The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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I would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.
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Being down match point, it’s just not fun.
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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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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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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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