When you do something best in life, you don’t really want to give that up – and for me it’s tennis.
ROGER FEDERER
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.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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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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The more I lose, the more they believe they can beat me. But believing is not enough, you still have to beat me.
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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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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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I have two lives, and all the problems I might have, I feel like I drop them once I step on to the match court.
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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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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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My family is the thing I miss most on the tour.
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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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I always believe if you’re stuck in a hole and maybe things aren’t going well you will come out stronger. Everything in life is this way.
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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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Every match I go into, I’m the huge favorite. I lose a set and it’s, like, crazy.
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Oh, my God, I don’t think any player can look forward to or expect to a career of so many Grand Slam wins or title wins or being so long at the top of the game.
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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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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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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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