When you do something best in life, you don’t really want to give that up – and for me it’s tennis.
ROGER FEDERERWhen I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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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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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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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 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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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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It doesn’t need to be the same every day, doesn’t need to be the same shower I use, the same restaurant I go to, the same hour I go to sleep. I’ve always been very flexible. I don’t care if I practice at nine in the morning or 10 P.M.
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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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Every match I go into, I’m the huge favorite. I lose a set and it’s, like, crazy.
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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 have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.
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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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The crowds are very important for tennis. It makes you play better, but it can also make you nervous and that’s the beauty of it.
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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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It’s just unreal, I’m shocked myself. I’ve played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody.
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