Roger Federer Quotes
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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.
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One should just be able to play a perfect game.
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I definitely feel there's room for improvement.
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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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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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When I won in 2003, never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would win Wimbledon and have my kids seeing me lift the trophy, so this is pretty surreal. And yeah, I was almost shocked in the moment that it all came together so nicely.
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Every match I go into, I'm the huge favorite. I lose a set and it's, like, crazy.
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I hope so. God, I've practiced so much that I you don't want to be worse five years later. I feel I have a great game today. I know how hard it is to pull off those great shots, and I know how easy it is to miss, so I'm more aware of these things. But I'm so happy I'm at the age I am right now because I had such a great run and I know there's still more possible.
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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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I fear no one, but respect everyone.
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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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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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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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Being down match point, it's just not fun.
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I'm at the top of my game so, when I win or lose, I don't freak out...I don't think we can call it a rivalry yet. There's just to many great players around.
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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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I'm proud to be a symbol like the army knife or the mountains.
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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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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 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.
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I'm not the kind of guy who wakes up angry.
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I let the evening unfold. I'm the sort of guy who likes to sit in the chair and look at the wine glass.
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I went to Phuket already, but would love to go to Chiang Mai one day.
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My wife doesn't like Football but she watches it just for Messi.