Seriously. I’m not playing to prove anything to journalists. I’m playing for myself, for my fans,to make people happy.
ROGER FEDERERSeriously. I’m not playing to prove anything to journalists. I’m playing for myself, for my fans,to make people happy.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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It is always in my mind still that I can crush anybody. That’s not an issue. But I think that is the same for most athletes. If you don’t believe you can win tournaments anymore, then you can’t do it.
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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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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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When you do something best in life, you don’t really want to give that up – and for me it’s tennis.
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When you’re good at something, make that everything
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The more I lose, the more they believe they can beat me. But believing is not enough, you still have to beat me.
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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 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.
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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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The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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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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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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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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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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