You have to believe in the long term plan you have but you need the short term goals to motivate and inspire you.
ROGER FEDERERSometimes 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 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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But so far I have the feeling that the chances are there to repeat last year’s season.
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I have learnt to be even more patient.
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I can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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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 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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My family is the thing I miss most on the tour.
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Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
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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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I always knew I had something special.
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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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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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I was aware of how incredible the match was. Unfortunately there had to be a winner. From my point of view many left feeling sorry for me instead of being happy for Rafa. Which hurts.
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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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