I never waited 27 years, because 27 years ago I was just born. My parents never told me, ‘If you don’t win Roland Garros we take you to the orphanage.
ROGER FEDERERMaybe 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.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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I always knew I had something special.
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Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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I have two lives, and all the problems I might have, I feel like I drop them once I step on to the match court.
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Early in my career, I had no consistency. Now I’m the most consistent player on the tour. It feels pretty good.
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I have a very strong opinion. I’m absolutely against it. I’m against the challenge system. I’m for the way it is right now. Don’t change that.
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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 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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One or two years ago, I didn’t know who I was on court and I used to swear a lot. But now I’ve learned how to cope and can therefore win 10 matches in a row. I want to be remembered as a good player rather than an idiot on court.
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The serve, I think, is the most difficult, you know, in terms of coordination, because you got the two arms going, and you got to toss it up at the right time so.
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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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Every match I go into, I’m the huge favorite. I lose a set and it’s, like, crazy.
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Confidence? Are you kidding me? I mean, please. Look, some players grow up and play like that. I remember losing junior matches. Just being down 5-2 in the third, and they all just start slapping shots.
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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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I’m not the kind of guy who wakes up angry.
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