My family is the thing I miss most on the tour.
ROGER FEDERERMy 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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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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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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I can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
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Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
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Early in my career, I struggled with consistency, but I couldn’t get more consistent than this year.
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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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With all the injury problems we have in men’s tennis at the moment, I’m happy to still be standing.
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There is no way around the hard work. Embrace it.
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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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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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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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My wife doesn’t like Football but she watches it just for Messi.
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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 have learnt to be even more patient.
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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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