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.
ROGER FEDERERI am a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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I’m proud to be a symbol like the army knife or the mountains.
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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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Every match I go into, I’m the huge favorite. I lose a set and it’s, like, crazy.
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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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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 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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I can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
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My wife doesn’t like Football but she watches it just for Messi.
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You know, I don’t only play for the record books.
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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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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 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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I’ve done so many interviews over the years in so many different languages. Radios. Papers. Magazines. There’s always another interview to do. It’s quite something, I have to say.
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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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You always want to win. That is why you play tennis, because you love the sport and try to be the best you can at it.
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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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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.
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The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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I’ve always been aware that the image you patiently construct for an entire career can be ruined in a minute. It scares you a bit, but that’s the way things are.
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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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I fear no one, but respect everyone.
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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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I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.
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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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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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