Roger Federer Quotes
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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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Every match I go into, I'm the huge favorite. I lose a set and it's, like, crazy.
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Simple version for me is, umm, started bad and finished bad basically.
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I would so like to be Lenny Kravitz.
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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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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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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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It's not so simple to just stay in the moment and trust your game and your strength that you can turn it around.
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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 don't need to come back to Wimbledon every year because I can't live without it. I'd be totally cool without tennis.
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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'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 feel a bit awkward playing in a red shirt out at Wimbledon. But I don't dislike it.
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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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Clearly, when you win everything, it's fun. That doesn't necessarily mean you love the game more.
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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.
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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 can't stay No. 1 for fifty years, you know. We'll see what happens.
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Sometimes you have to accept that a guy played better on the day than you.
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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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Oh, my God, I don't think any player can look forward to or expect to a career of so many Grand Slam wins or title wins or being so long at the top of the game.
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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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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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I'm shocked every time that I've reached so many finals or won against so many players or whatever record it is. It strikes me and makes me obviously very happy and very proud that I've been able to do it for so many years at the highest of levels.