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.
ROGER FEDERERIt’s just unreal, I’m shocked myself. I’ve played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody.
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There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it.
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My family is the thing I miss most on the tour.
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Once you reach a good level in tennis it fills you with a lot of motivation. I hope I can do it for a long time.
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Success is a nice thing because it always means you’ve taken a step forward and it gives you a sense of pride, which in turn gives you confidence and experience-a positive circle, so to speak.
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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’m not the kind of guy who wakes up angry.
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Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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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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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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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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It’s just unreal, I’m shocked myself. I’ve played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody.
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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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I think it’s very hard for coaches to work with me. They’ll no doubt have a good CV afterwards, but at the same time they’re under a lot of pressure.
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The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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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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