I always believe if you’re stuck in a hole and maybe things aren’t going well you will come out stronger. Everything in life is this way.
ROGER FEDERERIn the locker room I was getting impatient to get on the court, I had to warm up several times.
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My family is the thing I miss most on the tour.
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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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I would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.
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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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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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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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You can be stubborn and successful or you can give it up a bit and change things around. For me it’s important to have a bit of both.
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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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Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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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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I had a nice dinner. I let the evening unfold, flow. I like to sit in a chair with a wine glass. When I woke up, I thought, ‘Why didn’t I go to bed at 11?’ I came back at 3 and went to bed at 5.
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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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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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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.
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My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
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With all the injury problems we have in men’s tennis at the moment, I’m happy to still be standing.
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Oh, my God, I don’t think any player can look forward to or expect to a career of so many Grand Slam wins or title wins or being so long at the top of the game.
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In the locker room I was getting impatient to get on the court, I had to warm up several times.
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I always knew I had something special.
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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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Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
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A man who wins, is a man who thinks he can.
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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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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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Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
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