With all the injury problems we have in men’s tennis at the moment, I’m happy to still be standing.
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’m proud to be a symbol like the army knife or the mountains.
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I think it’s very hard for coaches to work with me. They’ll no doubt have a good CV afterwards, but at the same time they’re under a lot of pressure.
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My wife doesn’t like Football but she watches it just for Messi.
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I definitely feel there’s room for improvement.
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I can’t stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We’ll see what happens.
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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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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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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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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’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.
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When you’re good at something, make that everything
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Sometimes I am a different character in different languages. I have different enjoyment from them. Sometimes different answers come out of me. Like, I didnt even know that about me. I get to know myself through different languages, actually.
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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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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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I always believe if you’re stuck in a hole and maybe things aren’t going well you will come out stronger. Everything in life is this way.
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