I enjoyed the position I was in as a tennis player. I was to blame when I lost. I was to blame when I won. And I really like that, because I played soccer a lot too, and I couldn’t stand it when I had to blame it on the goalkeeper.
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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I am thinking more and more about what I want to and can do after my days as an active athlete. Thoughts like family and marriage also cross my mind more and more often.
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You know, I don’t only play for the record books.
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I have learnt to be even more patient.
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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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I can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
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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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The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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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 would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.
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I fear no one, but respect everyone.
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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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You have to believe in the long term plan you have but you need the short term goals to motivate and inspire you.
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What I think I’ve been able to do well over the years is play with pain, play with problems, play in all sorts of conditions.
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One should just be able to play a perfect game.
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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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