I’ve always been aware that the image you patiently construct for an entire career can be ruined in a minute. It scares you a bit, but that’s the way things are.
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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You know, I don’t only play for the record books.
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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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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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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 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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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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I feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon. But I don’t dislike it.
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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 one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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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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When you do something best in life, you don’t really want to give that up – and for me it’s tennis.
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I’m playing great tennis. I’m enjoying the tour, having fun with the fans off the court. I’m loving it now.
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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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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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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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