I’m at the top of my game so, when I win or lose, I don’t freak out…I don’t think we can call it a rivalry yet. There’s just to many great players around.
ROGER FEDERERIt’s just unreal, I’m shocked myself. I’ve played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody.
More Roger Federer Quotes
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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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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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But so far I have the feeling that the chances are there to repeat last year’s season.
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I definitely feel there’s room for improvement.
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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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I can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
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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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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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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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The nicer the point, the more — the better I feel, the more excited I get. But I never play that my opponent looks stupid. I think that is wrong. I have too much respect for every opponent I play.
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Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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I always knew I had something special.
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My wife doesn’t like Football but she watches it just for Messi.
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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.
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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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Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
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My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
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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 feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon. But I don’t dislike it.
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I am a sucker for those old traditional places, and Rome is as good as it gets, particularly when you throw in Italian food.
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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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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 did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you’ve already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don’t know.
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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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In the locker room I was getting impatient to get on the court, I had to warm up several times.
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I have a very strong opinion. I’m absolutely against it. I’m against the challenge system. I’m for the way it is right now. Don’t change that.
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