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.
ROGER FEDEREREvery match I go into, I’m the huge favorite. I lose a set and it’s, like, crazy.
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The serve, I think, is the most difficult, you know, in terms of coordination, because you got the two arms going, and you got to toss it up at the right time so.
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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 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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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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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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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.
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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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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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Every match I go into, I’m the huge favorite. I lose a set and it’s, like, crazy.
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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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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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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 used to do a lot of video analysis early on, but more for pleasure and looking at my own technique.
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Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
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