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Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn’t get more consistent than this year.

Roger Federer

Once you find that peace, that place of peace and quiet, harmony and confidence, that’s when you start playing your best.
ROGER FEDERER

Best Harmony Peace Place Play Quiet Start Yourself
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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Bed Early Food Myself Wake Up
I have learnt to be even more patient.
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Learning Myself One Liner Patience
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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Myself Pain Play Problem Thinking
I am thinking more and more about what I want to and can do after my days as an active athlete. Thoughts like family and marriage also cross my mind more and more often.
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Athlete Family Marriage Mindset Myself Thinking
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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Big Career Oneself Quick Strength Thinking Time Understand
Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn’t get more consistent than this year.
ROGER FEDERER

Career Consistency Myself Struggle
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.
ROGER FEDERER

Couple Movie Myself Remember Sad
I feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon. But I don’t dislike it.
ROGER FEDERER

Appearance Feeling Myself Play
For me, I’m in the driver’s seat; I’m No. 1 in the world. I’ve won the last couple of meetings, and I’ve won the big tournaments lately. Whoever comes, I’ll try to beat him. But it’s almost up to me to decide who’s my rival, isn’t it?
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Big Couple Decision Myself Rival Win World
The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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Fate Luck Oneself Yourself
You have to believe in the long term plan you have but you need the short term goals to motivate and inspire you.
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Believe Goal Inspirational Motivational Planning Success Yourself
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.
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Doubt Myself Pressure Thinking Time
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
I am a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.
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Difficult Help Moments Myself Positive Thinking
It’s just unreal, I’m shocked myself. I’ve played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody.
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Destroy Goodness Myself Play Reality
My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
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Game Move Myself Play
Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
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Acceptance Better Man Sports 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
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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Advice Father Live Money Myself Pay Travel
I love tennis! I’ve always felt like this because it is such a classy sport with a great, competitive flair to it.
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Competition Greatness Love Myself Sports
Clearly, when you win everything, it’s fun. That doesn’t necessarily mean you love the game more.
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Fun Game Love Necessary Win Yourself
Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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Bad Myself Simplicity Start
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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Change Morning Need Practice Sleep
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
But so far I have the feeling that the chances are there to repeat last year’s season.
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Chance Feeling 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

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