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.
ROGER FEDERERI’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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Seriously. I’m not playing to prove anything to journalists. I’m playing for myself, for my fans,to make people happy.
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Watching a movie a couple of weeks ago. An American movie. I can’t remember the name, but it wasn’t even a sad movie. It caught me off guard. I was on an airplane.
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When you’re good at something, make that everything
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You know, I don’t only play for the record books.
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It’s just unreal, I’m shocked myself. I’ve played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody.
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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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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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In the locker room I was getting impatient to get on the court, I had to warm up several times.
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Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
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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’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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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 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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