My wife doesn’t like Football but she watches it just for Messi.
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 have to fit holidays around tournaments, particularly the grand slams, in Melbourne, Paris, London and New York.
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It doesn’t need to be the same every day, doesn’t need to be the same shower I use, the same restaurant I go to, the same hour I go to sleep. I’ve always been very flexible. I don’t care if I practice at nine in the morning or 10 P.M.
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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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When you’re good at something, make that everything
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My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
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I always knew I had something special.
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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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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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Early in my career, I had no consistency. Now I’m the most consistent player on the tour. It feels pretty good.
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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 know, I don’t only play for the record books.
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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 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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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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Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
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I definitely need to use my chances when they come because definitely there wont be many.
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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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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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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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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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I fear no one, but respect everyone.
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I have learnt to be even more patient.
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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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One of my big, big strengths I think early on in my career was that I could learn very quickly. You wouldn’t have to tell me the things 10 times or 50 times until I would understand them. You would only have to tell me two or three times.
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