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.
ROGER FEDERERI 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.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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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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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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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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When you’re good at something, make that everything
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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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No, I’m not (disappointed). There’s no reason to be because I’m on an incredible run. You always expect a loss once in a while. So when it happens, why be disappointed if I win over 90% of my matches.
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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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Sometimes I am a different character in different languages. I have different enjoyment from them. Sometimes different answers come out of me. Like, I didnt even know that about me. I get to know myself through different languages, actually.
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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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I can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
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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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The crowds are very important for tennis. It makes you play better, but it can also make you nervous and that’s the beauty of it.
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I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.
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Clearly, when you win everything, it’s fun. That doesn’t necessarily mean you love the game more.
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One should just be able to play a perfect game.
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