I don’t know how you can go through a four-hour match with Rafa and he never gets a time violation.
ROGER FEDERERBeing a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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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 used to do a lot of video analysis early on, but more for pleasure and looking at my own technique.
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You know, I don’t only play for the record books.
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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 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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One should just be able to play a perfect game.
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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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I have learnt to be even more patient.
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I always knew I had something special.
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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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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 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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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.
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A man who wins, is a man who thinks he can.
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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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But so far I have the feeling that the chances are there to repeat last year’s season.
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Watching a movie a couple of weeks ago. An American movie. I can’t remember the name, but it wasn’t even a sad movie. It caught me off guard. I was on an airplane.
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You’ve never seen me dance, have you?
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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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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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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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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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Being down match point, it’s just not fun.
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My wife doesn’t like Football but she watches it just for Messi.
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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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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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