Success is a nice thing because it always means you’ve taken a step forward and it gives you a sense of pride, which in turn gives you confidence and experience-a positive circle, so to speak.
ROGER FEDERERYou 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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Obviously, matches and all that stuff takes its toll on your body and so forth. But as you get sort of a bit older, a bit wiser, and a bit more experienced, you know also how to handle it.
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You’ve never seen me dance, have you?
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A man who wins, is a man who thinks he can.
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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’m playing great tennis. I’m enjoying the tour, having fun with the fans off the court. I’m loving it now.
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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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Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
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The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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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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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.
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I definitely feel there’s room for improvement.
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I have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.
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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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Once you find that peace, that place of peace and quiet, harmony and confidence, that’s when you start playing your best.
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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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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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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.
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My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
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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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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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One should just be able to play a perfect game.
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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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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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I can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
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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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There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it.
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