I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you’ve already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don’t know.
ROGER FEDERERI fear no one, but respect everyone.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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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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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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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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Every match I go into, I’m the huge favorite. I lose a set and it’s, like, crazy.
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Hopefully I can just have another terrible year with only the one Grand Slam and that will be just fine.
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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 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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I’m not the kind of guy who wakes up angry.
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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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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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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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Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
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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 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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