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.
ROGER FEDERERI don’t mind fans coming up in a friendly, respectful way. That’s all part of the fun of being a top tennis player. But if people take pictures without permission, particularly if my children are in the shot, I feel uncomfortable.
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Once you find that peace, that place of peace and quiet, harmony and confidence, that’s when you start playing your best.
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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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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’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 can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
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My family is the thing I miss most on the tour.
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You have to believe in the long term plan you have but you need the short term goals to motivate and inspire you.
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I have learnt to be even more patient.
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Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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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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Hopefully I can just have another terrible year with only the one Grand Slam and that will be just fine.
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I don’t mind fans coming up in a friendly, respectful way. That’s all part of the fun of being a top tennis player. But if people take pictures without permission, particularly if my children are in the shot, I feel uncomfortable.
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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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I would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.
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I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.
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Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
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Being down match point, it’s just not fun.
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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 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 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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Clearly, when you win everything, it’s fun. That doesn’t necessarily mean you love the game more.
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I fear no one, but respect everyone.
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I’m not the kind of guy who wakes up angry.
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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.
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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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It’s not so simple to just stay in the moment and trust your game and your strength that you can turn it around.
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