I have learnt to be even more patient.
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.
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I was aware of how incredible the match was. Unfortunately there had to be a winner. From my point of view many left feeling sorry for me instead of being happy for Rafa. Which hurts.
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I definitely feel there’s room for improvement.
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Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
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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.
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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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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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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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The serve, I think, is the most difficult, you know, in terms of coordination, because you got the two arms going, and you got to toss it up at the right time so.
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There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it.
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I used to do a lot of video analysis early on, but more for pleasure and looking at my own technique.
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Sometimes I am a different character in different languages. I have different enjoyment from them. Sometimes different answers come out of me. Like, I didnt even know that about me. I get to know myself through different languages, actually.
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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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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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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 have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.
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