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.
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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It is always in my mind still that I can crush anybody. That’s not an issue. But I think that is the same for most athletes. If you don’t believe you can win tournaments anymore, then you can’t do it.
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Once you find that peace, that place of peace and quiet, harmony and confidence, that’s when you start playing your best.
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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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For me, I’m in the driver’s seat; I’m No. 1 in the world. I’ve won the last couple of meetings, and I’ve won the big tournaments lately. Whoever comes, I’ll try to beat him. But it’s almost up to me to decide who’s my rival, isn’t 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 have two lives, and all the problems I might have, I feel like I drop them once I step on to the match court.
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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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The one thing you can do for sure is push the luck on your side.
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Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
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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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My family is the thing I miss most on the tour.
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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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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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You always want to win. That is why you play tennis, because you love the sport and try to be the best you can at it.
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I used to do a lot of video analysis early on, but more for pleasure and looking at my own technique.
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I did all the right things in so many tournaments. But like I said, sometimes in sports it just goes the other way. Maybe you’ve already won so much that it evens it out a bit sometimes. I don’t know.
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Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.
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I’m playing great tennis. I’m enjoying the tour, having fun with the fans off the court. I’m loving it now.
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My game is a lot about footwork. If I move well, I play well.
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In the locker room I was getting impatient to get on the court, I had to warm up several times.
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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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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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Once you reach a good level in tennis it fills you with a lot of motivation. I hope I can do it for a long time.
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Clearly, when you win everything, it’s fun. That doesn’t necessarily mean you love the game more.
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Mentally, I’m not ever going to go away.
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When you’re good at something, make that everything
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