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.
ROGER FEDERERI would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.
More Roger Federer Quotes
-
-
I don’t know how you can go through a four-hour match with Rafa and he never gets a time violation.
ROGER FEDERER -
Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn’t get more consistent than this year.
ROGER FEDERER -
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.
ROGER FEDERER -
I think it’s very hard for coaches to work with me. They’ll no doubt have a good CV afterwards, but at the same time they’re under a lot of pressure.
ROGER FEDERER -
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.
ROGER FEDERER -
I am a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.
ROGER FEDERER -
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.
ROGER FEDERER -
Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
ROGER FEDERER -
When you do something best in life, you don’t really want to give that up – and for me it’s tennis.
ROGER FEDERER -
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.
ROGER FEDERER -
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.
ROGER FEDERER -
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.
ROGER FEDERER -
I definitely feel there’s room for improvement.
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.
ROGER FEDERER -
My family is the thing I miss most on the tour.
ROGER FEDERER