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.
ROGER FEDERERIt 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.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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It’s just unreal, I’m shocked myself. I’ve played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody.
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I had a nice dinner. I let the evening unfold, flow. I like to sit in a chair with a wine glass. When I woke up, I thought, ‘Why didn’t I go to bed at 11?’ I came back at 3 and went to bed at 5.
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I always had the dream that, once I became No 1 in the world, that if I had a child I hoped I would have it early enough so the child can see me playing.
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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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I am a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.
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The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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I’m at the top of my game so, when I win or lose, I don’t freak out…I don’t think we can call it a rivalry yet. There’s just to many great players around.
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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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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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