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.
ROGER FEDERERI used to do a lot of video analysis early on, but more for pleasure and looking at my own technique.
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My 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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Hopefully I can just have another terrible year with only the one Grand Slam and that will be just fine.
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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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My family is the thing I miss most on the tour.
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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 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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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 learnt to be even more patient.
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I fear no one, but respect everyone.
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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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I would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.
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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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The crowds are very important for tennis. It makes you play better, but it can also make you nervous and that’s the beauty of it.
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Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
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