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 FEDEREREarly in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn’t get more consistent than this year.
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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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My wife doesn’t like Football but she watches it just for Messi.
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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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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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My dad said if you become a tennis professional just make sure you get into the top hundred, because you have to make a little bit of money. You make a living so you can pay your coaching and, you know, your travels.
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In the locker room I was getting impatient to get on the court, I had to warm up several times.
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Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn’t get more consistent than this year.
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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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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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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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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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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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One should just be able to play a perfect game.
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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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With all the injury problems we have in men’s tennis at the moment, I’m happy to still be standing.
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