Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
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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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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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 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 always had the dream that, once I became No 1 in the world, that if I had a child I hoped I would have it early enough so the child can see me playing.
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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 am a very positive thinker, and I think that is what helps me the most in difficult moments.
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I’m not the kind of guy who wakes up angry.
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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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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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I don’t mind fans coming up in a friendly, respectful way. That’s all part of the fun of being a top tennis player. But if people take pictures without permission, particularly if my children are in the shot, I feel uncomfortable.
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I would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.
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Obviously, matches and all that stuff takes its toll on your body and so forth. But as you get sort of a bit older, a bit wiser, and a bit more experienced, you know also how to handle it.
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Hopefully I can just have another terrible year with only the one Grand Slam and that will be just fine.
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I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.
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Being down match point, it’s just not fun.
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