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Roger Federer, born on August 8, 1981, is a world-renowned tennis player from Switzerland. His achievements in tennis are renowned worldwide, having won multiple Grand Slam singles titles and is widely considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time.

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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.”

Feels Careers Player Consistent Consistency

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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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“Maybe further down the road in my career, in a couple of years when I'm maybe not that fast any more around the court, then maybe it would be good to come to the net a little bit more often”

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“Previously I always thought it was just tactical and technique, but every match has become almost mental and physical - I try to push myself to move well. I try to push myself not to get upset and stay positive, and that's what my biggest improvement is over all those years. Under pressure I can see things very clear.”

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“It's just unreal, I'm shocked myself. I've played good matches here, but never really almost destroyed somebody.”

Destroyed Shocked Unreal

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“I would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.”

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“I can walk around screaming, 'I have 17 Grand Slams. I have the record here or there.' When you can play for history and you do it, that's what is so really cool, is that you can then be compared to other greats or you've passed another great, even though it doesn't mean you're better than him. But it's just like that moment you've gone into the unknown where nobody else has ever been before.”

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“My wife doesn't like Football but she watches it just for Messi.”

Watches Wife Football My Wife Messi

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“Clearly, when you win everything, it's fun. That doesn't necessarily mean you love the game more.”

Mean Games Winning Fun

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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.”

People Ifs Way Feels Mind Children Fun Player Fans Shots My Children Uncomfortable Tennis Friendly Permission Respectful Tennis Player

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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.”

Thinking Hard Doubt Pressure Coaches No Doubt

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“My heart is in South Africa, through my mum. My mum being from here, me spending a lot of time here as well, I feel most connected to this part of the world.”

World Feels Wells Heart My Heart South Connected Spending Mum South Africa

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“I always had the dream that, once I became No 1 in the world, that if I had a child I hoped I would have it early enough so the child can see me playing.”

Ifs World Children Enough Dream

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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.”

Knows Different Sometimes Character Language Answers Enjoyment Different Characters Different Languages

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“To handle that stardom, the red carpets, the photo shoots, people all of a sudden recognizing you and following you in everyday life, it's a bit weird. It's strange, and it can have funny effects on you in terms of do you like it or don't you like it. Some people run away from it, some people embrace it; I found a good middle ground.”

“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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“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.”

Young Used Shots My Favorite

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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 don't need to come back to Wimbledon every year because I can't live without it. I'd be totally cool without tennis.”

Needs Years I Can Tennis Because I Can Wimbledon

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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.”

Knows Body Stuff Bits Your Body Handle Wiser Tolls

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“You've never seen me dance, have you?”

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“I am very blessed to be able to play tennis, the sport that I love and very grateful for the opportunities to play in the finals of big events, when the season starts you are on the roll constantly and obliged to be committed to daily routines on and off the court.”

Love Play Bigs Able Opportunity Sports Events Seasons Blessed Grateful Court Finals Committed Tennis Obliged And Off Daily Routines Big Events

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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.”

Quiet Harmony Peace And Quiet Places Of Peace

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“It's not so simple to just stay in the moment and trust your game and your strength that you can turn it around.”

Moments Turns Games Simple

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“Mentally, I'm not ever going to go away.”

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“Being down match point, it's just not fun.”

Fun Match Point

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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.”

Thinking Two Bigs Three Careers Three Times

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“I'm not the kind of guy who wakes up angry.”

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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.”

Giving Important Bits Successful Stubborn

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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.”

Feels Two Problem Might Steps Court Two Lives

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“I went to Phuket already, but would love to go to Chiang Mai one day.”

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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.”

Fun Enjoy Fans Court Having Fun Tennis Great Tennis

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“My family is the thing I miss most on the tour.”

Missing My Family

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“Success is a nice thing because it always means you've taken a step forward and it gives you a sense of pride, which in turn gives you confidence and experience-a positive circle, so to speak.”

Giving Mean Turns Speak Steps Taken Nice Pride Circles Nice Things Steps Forward

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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.”

Important Play Crowds Nervous Tennis

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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.”

Thinking Want Mind Can Do Crosses Athlete Active Like Family

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“I love tennis! I've always felt like this because it is such a classy sport with a great, competitive flair to it.”

Felt Sports Tennis Flair

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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.”

Long I Can Motivation Can Do Levels Long Time Tennis I Can Do It

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“I'm proud to be a symbol like the army knife or the mountains.”

Proud Mountain Army Symbols Knives

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“Hopefully I can just have another terrible year with only the one Grand Slam and that will be just fine.”

Years I Can Fine Terrible Hopefully Slam

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“I'm as patient a father as I am on the tennis court. It takes a lot for me to get really upset, but sometimes kids can get you really cross if they really keep bugging you.”

Ifs Sometimes Kids Father Crosses Court Patient Upset Tennis Get Real Tennis Courts Bugging You

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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.”

Looks Mean Play Remember Grows Growing Up Player Please Losing Shots Thirds Just Being Juniors Slapping

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“A man who wins, is a man who thinks he can.”

Thinking Men Winning

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“I don't know how you can go through a four-hour match with Rafa and he never gets a time violation.”

Knows Hours Know How Four Violation

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“My advice is you've got to make sure you wear the clothes and not [let] the clothes wear you. It's quite simple in a way. Don't wear something you totally feel uncomfortable with, but take some chances. Play around a bit. I felt very uncomfortable in suits when I was younger, so what I just started doing was wearing suits when I was going to dinner. I used to overdress a little bit so I got used to wearing suits. Now wearing a suit is like wearing a track suit for me. So it's all good.”

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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.”

Used My Own Pleasure Technique Video Analysis

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“I never expected i, in the first place, when I started playing tennis, that I would ever carry the flag into the Olympic Stadium for an Olympic Games... So for me that was a surprise and a huge honor in my life to be able to represent Switzerland.”

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“You live during the match, and you have strong emotions, but you don't want to get too overexcited. My body's totally flat now. I cannot move anymore. I'm totally exhausted, just because of the tension out there.”

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“You can't expect yourself to be already peaking like crazy in an exhibition tournament.”

Crazy Tournaments Exhibitions Peaking

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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.”

I Can Remember Names Week Couple Caught Airplane American Movie Sad Movie

Author:Roger Federer

About the Author

Born: August 8, 1981
Known for: Tennis player
Quotes: 117

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