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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.

Roger Federer

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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Feeling Happiness Hurt Myself Perspective Sorry View Win
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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Myself Time Violation Yourself
You’ve never seen me dance, have you?
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Dance Funny Myself See Yourself
You know, I don’t only play for the record books.
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Book Myself Play Yourself
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
Seriously. I’m not playing to prove anything to journalists. I’m playing for myself, for my fans,to make people happy.
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Evidence Fans Happiness People Play Serious
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 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
I can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
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Change Fame Myself
I am a sucker for those old traditional places, and Rome is as good as it gets, particularly when you throw in Italian food.
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Food Goodness Myself Place
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
Every match I go into, I’m the huge favorite. I lose a set and it’s, like, crazy.
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Crazy Fame Myself
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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Expectation Game Play Player Thinking Win
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
My favorite shot is always gonna be the forehand. It used to always be my favorite shot when I was young, so it’s the one I’ve won all the points with.
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Myself Sports Win Young
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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Born Myself Orphan Parents Wait Yourself
I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.
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Chance Myself Need Opportunity
Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
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Inspirational Mental Myself One Liner
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
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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Children Comfortable Friendship Fun Myself People Photograph Player
My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
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Game Move Myself Play
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
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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Feeling Live Myself Problem
I enjoyed the position I was in as a tennis player. I was to blame when I lost. I was to blame when I won. And I really like that, because I played soccer a lot too, and I couldn’t stand it when I had to blame it on the goalkeeper.
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Blame Enjoyment Goal Lost Myself Player Sports Win
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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Goodness Motivational Reach Time Yourself
I would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.
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Idol Myself
You can be stubborn and successful or you can give it up a bit and change things around. For me it’s important to have a bit of both.
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Change Give Up Important Success Yourself

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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